Bats found dead in Lalitpur due to heatwave
Jhansi: Weeks after hundreds of parrots were found dead in Jhansi district, around thirty-five bats were discovered dead beneath a tree in Lalitpur district, probably due to excessive heat on Tuesday evening.
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The incident was reported from village Sirvas under Talbehat police station. The villagers noticed a number of bats lying dead under a banyan tree and informed the authorities.
A forest department team reached the spot, collected the bat bodies, and sent them for postmortem examination. The old banyan tree, located next to a pond, is home to hundreds of bats that had been residing there for years.
District forest officer Shireen said that all the bats were sent for postmortem.
The bats become uneasy above 40 degrees Celsius temperature, and on Tuesday, the temperature reached about 44 degrees Celsius, which could be the reason for their sudden death, she added.
Shireen said, "Prima facie, the cause of death is due to the heatwave. Previous year also bats were reported dead in Jakhora, Sirvas, and Dailwara area during the peak summers. These areas have old big trees in which these mammals generally live. We have started taking necessary measures, including providing food for them and also sprinkling water near such big trees to somehow lower the temperature. But excessive heat is affecting them.
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