Little Brown Bat Rescue

Myotis lucifugus, aka “little brown myotis”, was once among the most common bats in North America but is now severely declining due to white-nose syndrome. Deft nocturnal hunters, one individual can eat 1,000 mosquitos per hour and may consume more than their own body weight each night.

This one was found stuck in a sliding window, once freed it lapped at some water crawled up to a safe spot, preened a bit and took off.

For more information: https://prairie.illinois.edu/news/features/race-to-save-little-brown-bat/#:~:text=Building%20a%20genomic%20lifeline%2C%20one%20sample%20at%20a%20time&text=Techniques%20such%20as%20artificially%20cooling,genomics%20can%20enhance%20their%20assessment.