When wildlife rescuers in Singapore came across a tiny baby fruit bat, they checked for injuries and when the bat checked out fine, decided to try an experiment. It had just been two hours, so they put the tiny baby bat down on the ground and backed off, according to The Mirror.
Since they had no way to signal the mother bat, they placed the baby back on the ground, letting the baby's cry call her mother in, White Wolf Pack notes. And sure enough, she came.
Within two minutes, the baby bat's mother swooped in, fumbled a bit to collect her little fussy baby, and away they flew, into the night.
"The baby bat was found lost and stranded almost two hours prior to this reunion. [I]t was amazing to see that the parent was around the area and was so quick to pick up on her baby's calls for help and fly around us," said the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), according to The Dodo.
A mother's instinct crosses all species, with bats being no exception. The mother seemed to have super powers, as she remained close to where she lost her baby, never giving up.
"It took her about 2 minutes to get to her baby as she flew in circles trying to accurately pinpoint where her baby was and negotiate her way to him," said ACRES. "We stayed a distance away as we watched in excitement hoping for the reunion to be a success."
Don't forget, October is Bat Appreciation Month. Take a moment to appreciation the little flying foxes and all of the good they do for our environment.
