🇻🇪 K-le 🇦🇺
@klesita.bsky.social
Marine Scientist. At the moment fascinated with bats of all kind.Wildlife carer in North QLD. I love drawing, and I'm trying to improve my painting skills.
My opinions are my own.
#marine #coral #bat #wildlife
My opinions are my own.
#marine #coral #bat #wildlife
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The Sixth of #FatBatWeek 2026: Fijian Long-tailed
Fruit bat with Kavika sorbet.
Last minute Bat suggestions for the last few days?
Fruit bat with Kavika sorbet.
Last minute Bat suggestions for the last few days?
October 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The Sixth of #FatBatWeek 2026: Fijian Long-tailed
Fruit bat with Kavika sorbet.
Last minute Bat suggestions for the last few days?
Fruit bat with Kavika sorbet.
Last minute Bat suggestions for the last few days?
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Gardening for bats? Think bug farming! 🦇🌱
Native plants feed caterpillars. Flowers feed moths. Together, they help grow a bat buffet!
Sharing a few tips from last night’s Calgary Horticulture Club talk. Find plant lists in our Alberta Program Guide: albertabats.ca/resources
Native plants feed caterpillars. Flowers feed moths. Together, they help grow a bat buffet!
Sharing a few tips from last night’s Calgary Horticulture Club talk. Find plant lists in our Alberta Program Guide: albertabats.ca/resources
October 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Gardening for bats? Think bug farming! 🦇🌱
Native plants feed caterpillars. Flowers feed moths. Together, they help grow a bat buffet!
Sharing a few tips from last night’s Calgary Horticulture Club talk. Find plant lists in our Alberta Program Guide: albertabats.ca/resources
Native plants feed caterpillars. Flowers feed moths. Together, they help grow a bat buffet!
Sharing a few tips from last night’s Calgary Horticulture Club talk. Find plant lists in our Alberta Program Guide: albertabats.ca/resources
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The Fifth of #FatBatWeek 2026: Western Big-eared bat and Cranberry Cheesecake. Shout out to @albertabats.bsky.social, @wildlifeacoustics.com, @azbatrescue.bsky.social, @honkifurhoary.bsky.social who suggested the bat species.
Half way through the week already!
Half way through the week already!
October 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The Fifth of #FatBatWeek 2026: Western Big-eared bat and Cranberry Cheesecake. Shout out to @albertabats.bsky.social, @wildlifeacoustics.com, @azbatrescue.bsky.social, @honkifurhoary.bsky.social who suggested the bat species.
Half way through the week already!
Half way through the week already!
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Bat Fact! 🦇 Big Brown Bats love beetles, including agricultural pests. One study estimated that a colony of 150 could eat about 600,000 cucumber beetles in a season.
That’s a lot of free pest control!
Whitaker 1995
That’s a lot of free pest control!
Whitaker 1995
October 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Bat Fact! 🦇 Big Brown Bats love beetles, including agricultural pests. One study estimated that a colony of 150 could eat about 600,000 cucumber beetles in a season.
That’s a lot of free pest control!
Whitaker 1995
That’s a lot of free pest control!
Whitaker 1995
I must have been 7 or 8 and flicking through tv landed on a showing of award winning short films. The first one I saw was ok, so I kept watching. The next was Harpiya by Raoul Srevais. That scared me for life. The bird/woman is terrifying
October 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I must have been 7 or 8 and flicking through tv landed on a showing of award winning short films. The first one I saw was ok, so I kept watching. The next was Harpiya by Raoul Srevais. That scared me for life. The bird/woman is terrifying
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What? Bluesky wants pictures of vampires? YOU CAN'T STOP US! WE LOVE VAMPIRES! (Vampire bats that is)...here are two baby White-winged Vampires. 🦇🦇 #vampires #BatsNeedFriends (especially vampire bats)
October 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
What? Bluesky wants pictures of vampires? YOU CAN'T STOP US! WE LOVE VAMPIRES! (Vampire bats that is)...here are two baby White-winged Vampires. 🦇🦇 #vampires #BatsNeedFriends (especially vampire bats)
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FAT BAT WEEK! (do we need to say more?)
Its the FIRST of #fatbatweek 2026!
Kicking off with the Singapore Roundleaf Horsehoe Bat and Durian Kui Lapis. Giving a shout out to @batcon.org, @batgirlsusan.bsky.social, and
@batsnightly.bsky.social in particular.
Tag a bat rescuer, researcher, educator, or just someone who loves food*.
Kicking off with the Singapore Roundleaf Horsehoe Bat and Durian Kui Lapis. Giving a shout out to @batcon.org, @batgirlsusan.bsky.social, and
@batsnightly.bsky.social in particular.
Tag a bat rescuer, researcher, educator, or just someone who loves food*.
October 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
FAT BAT WEEK! (do we need to say more?)
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Second of #FatBatWeek 2026: A Trident-nosed bat and a Mubuyu* Mousse. These species are found across several South Eastern African countries. Tagging @batswborders.bsky.social @africanbatcon.bsky.social, and @irorotanshi.bsky.social in particular for people to follow their great conservation work.
October 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Second of #FatBatWeek 2026: A Trident-nosed bat and a Mubuyu* Mousse. These species are found across several South Eastern African countries. Tagging @batswborders.bsky.social @africanbatcon.bsky.social, and @irorotanshi.bsky.social in particular for people to follow their great conservation work.
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Be a friend to bats! 🦇
Little Brown Myotis are endangered in Canada and are the bats Albertans are most likely to find in buildings and bat houses.
You can be bat-friendly, even when a colony needs managing.
👉 albertabats.ca
#FriendsForBats #BatMonth
Little Brown Myotis are endangered in Canada and are the bats Albertans are most likely to find in buildings and bat houses.
You can be bat-friendly, even when a colony needs managing.
👉 albertabats.ca
#FriendsForBats #BatMonth
October 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Be a friend to bats! 🦇
Little Brown Myotis are endangered in Canada and are the bats Albertans are most likely to find in buildings and bat houses.
You can be bat-friendly, even when a colony needs managing.
👉 albertabats.ca
#FriendsForBats #BatMonth
Little Brown Myotis are endangered in Canada and are the bats Albertans are most likely to find in buildings and bat houses.
You can be bat-friendly, even when a colony needs managing.
👉 albertabats.ca
#FriendsForBats #BatMonth
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TODAY! In one hour! Lisa Wilkinson with AEP is giving a talk on the probiotic project we have been leading in Alberta. The Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society is hosting the online webinar - you can register for free here www.actws.ca/webinars/
Webinars | ACTWS | Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Welcome to Alberta’s Wildlife Spotlight Webinar Series, where we explore key conservation and species management efforts across the province. Each webinar focuses on a different species…
www.actws.ca
October 1, 2026 at 4:59 PM
TODAY! In one hour! Lisa Wilkinson with AEP is giving a talk on the probiotic project we have been leading in Alberta. The Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society is hosting the online webinar - you can register for free here www.actws.ca/webinars/
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You' know I'm going to reflit from my other account every day of #fatbatweek - you have been warned/invited to delight along with me.
Its the FIRST of #fatbatweek 2026!
Kicking off with the Singapore Roundleaf Horsehoe Bat and Durian Kui Lapis. Giving a shout out to @batcon.org, @batgirlsusan.bsky.social, and
@batsnightly.bsky.social in particular.
Tag a bat rescuer, researcher, educator, or just someone who loves food*.
Kicking off with the Singapore Roundleaf Horsehoe Bat and Durian Kui Lapis. Giving a shout out to @batcon.org, @batgirlsusan.bsky.social, and
@batsnightly.bsky.social in particular.
Tag a bat rescuer, researcher, educator, or just someone who loves food*.
October 2, 2026 at 10:34 AM
You' know I'm going to reflit from my other account every day of #fatbatweek - you have been warned/invited to delight along with me.
Fantastic artwork!
Its the FIRST of #fatbatweek 2026!
Kicking off with the Singapore Roundleaf Horsehoe Bat and Durian Kui Lapis. Giving a shout out to @batcon.org, @batgirlsusan.bsky.social, and
@batsnightly.bsky.social in particular.
Tag a bat rescuer, researcher, educator, or just someone who loves food*.
Kicking off with the Singapore Roundleaf Horsehoe Bat and Durian Kui Lapis. Giving a shout out to @batcon.org, @batgirlsusan.bsky.social, and
@batsnightly.bsky.social in particular.
Tag a bat rescuer, researcher, educator, or just someone who loves food*.
October 2, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Fantastic artwork!
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Foxes are native animals?! Quolls are an invasive species? When did that happen? | First Dog on the Moon
Foxes are native animals?! Quolls are an invasive species? When did that happen? | First Dog on the Moon
Many Australians are uninformed about our adorable native creatures. How could this be? I’ve been banging on about them for years!
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October 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Foxes are native animals?! Quolls are an invasive species? When did that happen? | First Dog on the Moon
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October belongs to the bats. 🦇🍂
They migrate, hibernate, navigate with sound and live surprisingly long lives. And there's still so much we don't know about them.
It's Bat Month! All October we'll be sharing the science, stories and mysteries of bats.
Come hang out with us. 🦇
They migrate, hibernate, navigate with sound and live surprisingly long lives. And there's still so much we don't know about them.
It's Bat Month! All October we'll be sharing the science, stories and mysteries of bats.
Come hang out with us. 🦇
October 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
October belongs to the bats. 🦇🍂
They migrate, hibernate, navigate with sound and live surprisingly long lives. And there's still so much we don't know about them.
It's Bat Month! All October we'll be sharing the science, stories and mysteries of bats.
Come hang out with us. 🦇
They migrate, hibernate, navigate with sound and live surprisingly long lives. And there's still so much we don't know about them.
It's Bat Month! All October we'll be sharing the science, stories and mysteries of bats.
Come hang out with us. 🦇
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🦇Rare in Alberta, Eastern Red Bats are long-distance migrants that roost alone in tree foliage, camouflaged like dead leaves or pine cones. Females may raise up to four pups (which is wild!). And borealis means “northern”... so is “Eastern” really the best name?
#HappyBaturday #NorthernRedBat
#HappyBaturday #NorthernRedBat
September 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
🦇Rare in Alberta, Eastern Red Bats are long-distance migrants that roost alone in tree foliage, camouflaged like dead leaves or pine cones. Females may raise up to four pups (which is wild!). And borealis means “northern”... so is “Eastern” really the best name?
#HappyBaturday #NorthernRedBat
#HappyBaturday #NorthernRedBat
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OTD in 1962, Silent Spring was published.
“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
OTD in 1962, Silent Spring was published.
“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Is that time of the year folks where anatomically incorrect sculptures start to pop up everywhere 🙄
Yesterday I saw the skeleton of an octopus... an octopus!!!!!
#Halloween #decorations
Yesterday I saw the skeleton of an octopus... an octopus!!!!!
#Halloween #decorations
September 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Is that time of the year folks where anatomically incorrect sculptures start to pop up everywhere 🙄
Yesterday I saw the skeleton of an octopus... an octopus!!!!!
#Halloween #decorations
Yesterday I saw the skeleton of an octopus... an octopus!!!!!
#Halloween #decorations
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I want you to think about the kids in your life. Maybe those kids are 8. Maybe they are 32.
Do they know enough about snails?
Hard to imagine anyone truly knowing *enough* about snails.
Help those kids learn snailhood. Get them a Snail Facts advent calendar.
SquidFacts.net.
Do they know enough about snails?
Hard to imagine anyone truly knowing *enough* about snails.
Help those kids learn snailhood. Get them a Snail Facts advent calendar.
SquidFacts.net.
September 20, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I want you to think about the kids in your life. Maybe those kids are 8. Maybe they are 32.
Do they know enough about snails?
Hard to imagine anyone truly knowing *enough* about snails.
Help those kids learn snailhood. Get them a Snail Facts advent calendar.
SquidFacts.net.
Do they know enough about snails?
Hard to imagine anyone truly knowing *enough* about snails.
Help those kids learn snailhood. Get them a Snail Facts advent calendar.
SquidFacts.net.
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📡 We're happy to share that Dr Peter Isaac will be presenting the upcoming "What the Flux? A Personal View" TERN-OzFlux seminar on Thursday 24 September!
Register here: buff.ly/9CAASow
Register here: buff.ly/9CAASow
September 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM
📡 We're happy to share that Dr Peter Isaac will be presenting the upcoming "What the Flux? A Personal View" TERN-OzFlux seminar on Thursday 24 September!
Register here: buff.ly/9CAASow
Register here: buff.ly/9CAASow
I heard that Jossie and the Pussy-cat considered it but ultimately also declined
September 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I heard that Jossie and the Pussy-cat considered it but ultimately also declined
There are citizen Scientist projects happening everywhere these days. Join one doing something you like. Best way to learn about science is hands-on. And believe me, if it is a reputable project guided by a research institute or university, you will be doing science and learning a lot
I envy scientists for discovering new things and their never ending quest to ask "Why?" and learn more. I wish I knew enough to join/help them, but I'll settle for learning from their discoveries. Thank you, scientists.👏
September 14, 2026 at 9:59 AM
There are citizen Scientist projects happening everywhere these days. Join one doing something you like. Best way to learn about science is hands-on. And believe me, if it is a reputable project guided by a research institute or university, you will be doing science and learning a lot
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This is neat. Normal microscopes are limited by the size of light waves. Electron microscopes get around that by using tiny-wavelength electrons. This new microscope does something different: it uses clever physics to "cheat" the limits of visible light and see things once thought impossible.
Researchers hope powerful new microscope will reveal ‘root cause’ of incurable bowel disease
No run-of-the-mill tech, ‘Curie’ operates at 10 times the resolution of conventional microscopy and could spur discoveries leading to new treatment
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This is neat. Normal microscopes are limited by the size of light waves. Electron microscopes get around that by using tiny-wavelength electrons. This new microscope does something different: it uses clever physics to "cheat" the limits of visible light and see things once thought impossible.
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🌱 Dave Rowlings & Elaine Mitchell (QUT) with colleagues from CSIRO, ANU & more, spoke at the Soil Carbon #Masterclass to 1,000+ participants, covering #soilcarbon basics—how it forms and what drives its dynamics—to guide on‑farm decisions.
Watch it here! buff.ly/3hSlrvD
Watch it here! buff.ly/3hSlrvD
The Science of Soil Carbon: A Masterclass for Trainers and Advisers
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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September 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
🌱 Dave Rowlings & Elaine Mitchell (QUT) with colleagues from CSIRO, ANU & more, spoke at the Soil Carbon #Masterclass to 1,000+ participants, covering #soilcarbon basics—how it forms and what drives its dynamics—to guide on‑farm decisions.
Watch it here! buff.ly/3hSlrvD
Watch it here! buff.ly/3hSlrvD