Harry Rust - Bat Scientist

“I’m all ears” haha

I’m back in Adelaide, which means watching the grey-headed flying foxes cool off at the River Torrens

@barhamaid @Safari_Ari9 @AusBats To differentiate between southern forest bats, and inland forest bats, you need to look at their *bits and pieces* under a microscope

@barhamaid @Safari_Ari9 @AusBats The pointy eared ones are lesser long-eard bats, the dark brown one is a gould's wattled bat, and the creamy coloured one is a southern forest bat (I think - those ones are a bit harder to ID from similar species)

It was an absolute joy to have the Australasian Bat Society come to my hometown of Adelaide. Following the conference we travelled to Calperum Station (near Renmark) and caught many of South Australia’s amazing bat species. Check out these awesome photos by @Safari_Ari9

@NicholasWuNZ See you soon!

@HarryRustBats See you at the ABS conference!

Got to see a critically endangered species for the first time on my birthday. Southern bent-winged bats 🦇😍

A hungry Christmas Island flying fox 😋

Unfortuantely no bats were found, even with an ultrasonic recorder. They just had a rat problem after all.

While visiting this observatory in Yeocheon, the closest point to North Korea, my friend Miyeon told one of the soldiers that I'm a bat specialist. He told us they beleive they have bats in one of their old buildings, and asked if I'd like to check it out.

My craziest bat survey of last year - in a decommissioned army base on the border of North and South Korea. (No pictures allowed! This was a nearby observatory)

batcon.org/join-us/other-… Extremely important cause! Protecting the Antioquian sac-winged bat in Colombia, which is at huge risk of extinction!!

For people interested in the history of wildlife monitoring in Australia, Ross Meggs will be holding a webinar today 11am AEDT. Topics will include early camera traps (film), harp traps for bats, to the development of advanced acoustic monitoring! faunatech.com.au/resources/trai…

@CmMontauban @theresalaverty @OngavaLodge Incredible 🤩

Surreal moments in Namibia visiting a wildlife hide at Ongava with @theresalaverty 🦁

@NicholasWuNZ This is so cool

Some caves require vertical descents to find bats. Here I am practicing SRT for the first time! Things you learn for fieldwork #caves

@stressedoutbats @CosmosMagazine Awesome article! Definitely one of my favourite bats! 🦇

Little Forest Bats are one of Australia’s tiniest mammal species and equally importantly- very cute. Thanks for the opportunity to write about them @CosmosMagazine! Vote for them in the Australian Mammal of the Year competition: cosmosmagazine.com/nature/amoty/l…

Please come along if you’re interested!

@NicholasWuNZ @TomasVCphoto Love this photo 🦇💼

We set a tent nearby the cave because it was cold and windy 🥶🦇 #fieldwork

@CmMontauban @ICCB2023 @VolcanoesNP @ivanabudinski Jealous!!

Exhausted legs and happy heart. Ready for @ICCB2023 🇷🇼 after two days of gorgeous hikes on the Virunga Mountain range, where Rwanda, Congo and Uganda meet @VolcanoesNP

It was super fun to write this article! There are some amazing bat species contending this year. Be sure to check them all out and vote for your favourite! May the best bat win! 🦇😇

*Tink tink tink* What’s that? That’s the white-striped free-tailed bat calling for your vote in @CosmosMagazine’s Australian Mammal of the Year! This bat is more than likely found in YOUR backyard, so they’ll know if you don’t vote for them! cosmosmagazine.com/nature/amoty/w…