This teeny little bat gets SO excited when he can finally fly 🦇 💜

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[democratisphere]

1. Love bats. THIS is a great story!

Bats do not deserve all of their bad press. Thanks for posting THIS catbyte!

[Karadeniz]

2. I've seen so many shows about bats, I now find them pretty cute!

[gopiscrap]

3. that's really cool

[Laffy Kat]

4. In our old house, my ex built a bat house...

It was especially designed to be a nursery for moms and pups. We backed up to a lake, so there were zillions mosquitoes and we were hoping the bats would move in and help control the pests. Unfortunately, they never moved in and we were disappointed. I drove by the old place the other day and the bat house it's still there. I hope the new homeowners are having better luck.

[Ligyron]

9. AH, that's a shame...

You never know, maybe someday...

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Bat World is a wonderful organization!

They rescue and nurture so many needy bats like this precious little soul.

[Heartstrings]

6. Bats creep me out....

But this was a beautiful story....thank you!

[keithbvadu2]

7. cute from the neck up- or down as it were.

[Mosby]

8. K and R

[StarryNite]

10. What an adorable little bat.

Thank you for sharing.

[yuiyoshida]

11. The bat....

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[wendyb-NC]

12. Aw, he's so sweet.

[Collimator]

13. Whew! Thank goodness it was one of those cute bats!

And not one of the ones with the really freaky faces.

I know that I am being prejudiced, but the species that have faces that are a cross between a snake and an evil flower really are hard to love, even though they all fulfill a critical ecological function.

The little guy in the video is what some people have dubbed a "sky puppy", just as otters sort of look like "sea puppies."

Years ago, I found a tiny bat asleep on my inner window sill. He had tucked himself in under the air conditioner. When we pulled the unit in from the window during the day, he didn't so much as flinch--he was that deeply asleep, I guess.

We left the outer window--what some people call a storm window--open so that he could make his escape that night. I had to grasp his tiny little claw and push it back before I could close the inner window. It felt sort of cool to touch a relatively exotic animal like that.

[Martin Eden]

14. Adorable!

Thanks for sharing.

[trueblue2007]

15. wonderful story !!! I NOW LOVE BATS !!!! Thanks for posting.