Hungry microbat enjoys his dinner

To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@ Unlike their larger flying-fox cousins, most species of microbats prey upon disease carrying insects such as mosquitoes as well as beetles, cockroaches and an assortment of other creepy crawlies. But sadly, just like flying-foxes, microbats are sometimes orphaned and they come into care to be hand raised before being released back to the wild. Bats represent around one fifth of the worlds mammals and with over 1200 species worldwide divided into two suborders, bats inhabit every continent except Antarctica. Bats are a keystone species which means we cannot survive without them whether they be insect munching microbats or flying-foxes that keep our forests healthy and diverse. All species have a place on our planet and understanding important symbiotic relationships can help us to value our wildlife and protect them before it is too late