The race is on to save the critically-endangered bat which weighs no more than a 50-cent piece. Here's how researchers hope to boost their numbers.
One of Australia's tiniest species of bat — weighing about the same as a 50-cent coin — could be extinct in less than 40 years, according to new research.
"Assuming the current threats and everything stay in place, if that does occur, then they're approaching close to extinction within 36 years." "There's limited things that individuals can do in some ways, there's a lot happening behind the scenes as well."Dr van Harten said a national recovery plan had been formed to look at a lot of the bigger picture and how the trajectory of the southern bent-wing bat could be changed.
Tiny PIT-tags have been inserted under the skin of 1,000 Southern Bent-wing bats at Naracoorte's Bat Cave over summer.She said whole new movement patterns had been identified within the population.
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