These Honduran White Bats from @tomhouslay look like adorable little cotton balls in their tent under a leaf. 10/10, sleep well little onespic.twitter.com/AbSqALkufk
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Of course you would not share pictures you thought were unacceptable. Appropriate practices, including welfare practices changes over time.
Are you a qualified bat handler, out of interest?
What qualifications could one achieve? I handle wild bats daily, primarily pteropus species.
Well here in the UK you're required to have a licence based on hours of handing time to handle bats. They are often handled like this.
In fact this is a standard handling technique for examining a bats genitals, which is important in sexing and ID
Idk why youre handling bats but assuming you've never been formally taught if you don't know this is standard practise + in no way harmful
When I first started handling bats some people did use this technique for smaller bats however it was discouraged as unnecessarily stressful
There is literally no evidence for this.
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