The Texas winter freeze is having a harsh impact on wildlife putting Houston's largest bat colony at risk. The temps send them into hypothermic shock
Experts say our ecosystem needs bats to eat pests like moths and mosquitoes. Here's how you can help save the bats.The freeze is having a harsh impact on wildlife, and Houston's largest bat colony is at risk. Cold temperatures send the bats into hypothermic shock, and they'll die unless they can warm up.
Mexican free-tailed bats live between the crevices of the bridge, but it's not warm enough to protect them from the weather. When their bodies go into shock, they fall onto the pavement. The Humane Society's wildlife director put foam on the ground to give them a soft place to land, and she took almost 200 home on Friday for rehabilitation.
"After that, we give them fluids under their skin to hydrate them," she explained. "Then, several hours after that, we can start offering them food." "We might lose them," Warwick fears. "They might migrate further south. I don't know. I hope we can keep them. I hope if we can build a community that takes care of them through things like this so that we can keep them here longer."
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