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MEKKI |
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Mekki enjoying
exercise time. |
  Mekki is a young,
female hoary bat that arrived injured during the winter of 2005. She
was found hibernating amongst a group of dead trees, along a forest
line in central Texas, by Mike Tyler and his daughter Melissa. Quite
often dead or dying trees are cut down in Texas during the winter
months and the timber is used to fuel fireplaces. Given the fact
that trees are oftentimes brought down with chainsaws, Mekki's fate
could have been much worse. Mr. Tyler explained to us that he had no
idea that some bats hibernate in trees. During the process of
cutting down the tree the family dog had started barking and refused
to stop, so he put down his chainsaw to investigate. It was then
that Melissa, age 10, saw Mekki climbing up along the tree trunk
dragging an injured wing.
Melissa had recently learned about bats in science class at her
school. During her studies she had visited the Bat World website and
learned what to do if you find a bats. She instructed her father to
use a glove to rescue the bat because it might bite out of fear. He
secured Mekki within the folds of an old t-shirt and placed her
inside a box, and they drove home to call Bat World. A few hours
later they arrived at our back door. Mekki was found to have open
fractures to three fingers but otherwise she was in fine shape (and
very lucky!). Her fingers were stabilized and she received pain
medication and antibiotics to prevent her wounds from becoming
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 Mekki is an extremely docile bats whose injuries prevented her from
being returned to the wild. She enjoys her daily exercise of
being hand-flown, and prefers to 'fly out' of her cage at the
beginning of her exercise (photo above).
Unlike most foliage-roosting bats, who
prefer to live solitary lives, Mekki instead embraced the company of
the Mexican free-tails and evening bats at Bat World Lone Star, where she now resides.
She lets the free-tails nestle under her beautiful coat and even
spreads her wings out to allow two of the free-tails in particular
to snuggle in and peek out around her.
Mekki with a free-tail under her wing and an evening bat roosting
above. |
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NOTE:
To sponsor the Mekki through the Adopt Me! button, please enter
the appropriate amount (see list below). If
the Adopt-a-Bat is a gift or a school sponsorship, please remember
to include the name you want listed on the adoption certificate.
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New members & gift adoptions - $35.00
International new members & gift adoptions - $38.00
Existing members & school/class adoptions - $25.00 |
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To sponsor the Mekki by fax or mail, go to our
Adopt-a-Bat/Membership
form.
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Please allow up to two weeks for delivery of your sponsorship package. RUSH orders are
available (at no extra handling charge) by calling 940-325-3404 (please leave a message;
calls are returned as promptly as possible).
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