Climate change, bushfires and extreme heat have forced many bat colonies to relocate to avoid exposure to fatally high temperatures. One innovative way to alleviate heat stress among these threatened animals is by implementing large sprinkler systems, which effectively operate as a large evaporative cooler, to mitigate the effects of heat during summer. Parks Victoria has utilised this method, installing an electric pump and generator in an internationally applauded sprinkler system designed to protect Yarra Bend Park’s grey-headed flying-fox colony. 

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