{"id":779078,"date":"2026-02-21T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779078\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:34:13","slug":"rescuer-notices-black-blob-on-edge-of-pool-and-finds-exhausted-wild-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779078\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescuer Notices Black Blob On Edge Of Pool And Finds ‘Exhausted’ Wild Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the president of Townsville Bat Rescue Australia<\/a>, CJ, a licensed animal carer, is always eager to help a flying friend in need.<\/p>\n

When CJ recently got a call about an Australian black flying fox who was trapped in a suburban pool, the rescuer quickly headed to the scene. Surveying the area, CJ spotted the juvenile bat in the clear blue water, desperately clinging to the edge of the pool.<\/p>\n

According to CJ, bats like this one often swoop down from the air and drink from rivers. Sometimes, though, the bats mistakenly fly down to drink from a pool, fall in and get stuck, unable to grip the pool\u2019s slippery rim.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis girl had struggled for quite a while and was exhausted,\u201d CJ told The Dodo.<\/p>\n

Using a towel, CJ carefully grabbed the bat and moved her into a carrier. The confused bat made a few anxious sounds in defense, but soon settled down.<\/p>\n

You can watch the rescue unfold in a video here:<\/p>\n

Safe in care, the bat could finally relax.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe little girl came home to quarantine for a few days to recover,\u201d CJ said. \u201cShe rested [and] started drinking and eating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, this bat is living with 25 other juvenile rescue bats, getting stronger by the day and preparing for her eventual release.<\/p>\n

Thanks to CJ\u2019s expertise, this little girl will soon be back in the wild, where she belongs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the president of Townsville Bat Rescue Australia, CJ, a licensed animal carer, is always eager to help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3847],"tags":[1718,67116,1716,728,26087,70,1715,1713,16,15,1717],"class_list":["post-779078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-encounters","tag-bats","tag-daily-dodo","tag-environment","tag-maeve-dunigan","tag-science","tag-standard","tag-the-dodo","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116107940019383794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}