'Cranky' Rescue Bat Scarfs Down Banana

A bat sanctuary in Australia introduced one of its newest residents earlier this month in a very cute video posted to YouTube.

Queensland-based Denise Wade has been caring for injured baby bats for more than a decade, and regularly posts footage of the critters in her care to her Batzilla the Bat YouTube channel.

Footage posted by Wade on June 1 shows one of her new arrivals, affectionally dubbed “Cranky Candy,” tentatively nibbling on some tasty banana before inhaling a massive piece.

According to the video’s caption, Candy was rescued after she was discovered by a homeowner in an outside greenhouse.

“We don’t know why she was in there but at around 16 weeks of age, Candy is not a good weight for her forearm length and she is extremely hungry,” Wade wrote.

“It’s very common for littlies to find themselves in trouble. So please keep calling them in if you find any bat by itself through the day, as it’s in trouble,” she urged in the caption. Credit: Batzilla the Bat via Storyful

Video transcript

This is K Candy.

And she was rescued by Kim this morning.

We've had three in today, one of whom was a We're not sure possible concussion, little candy.

He was found in a greenhouse.

And our poor barbed wire boy who had to be humanely euthanased He'd, um, done a job in half and himself, unfortunately, but this was a bit of a mystery because we're not really sure what's going on with her.

She does have a sore right leg.

Legs working.

Fine.

Um, you're just looking at that camera, aren't you?

Not in the best of humour, but it That's just fear.

It's always fear, usually fear.

So she's had some time in the incubator and I'm very hungry.

She, um not a particularly good weight for forearms.

She's about 16 weeks old and got her back to bed when she's had a bit of nannies and a drink and just let her just let her rest and see how she feels.

Tomorrow, it's going to be a very wet night tonight.

The bureau's forecasting very heavy rain, so it'd be nice and toasty warm.

But I must say your disposition has improved a bit since this morning.

She first came in here.

It should much better now, so there's a lot of little getting around.

There's also a lot of barbed wires.

Unfortunately, at the moment, unfortunately, we've had so much rain, brilliant flowering going on.

But the rain is washing out the pollen and nectar, so the bats are looking closer to the ground for food, and that's when barbed wire happens.

I just remember any bat by itself through your through the day is in trouble.

Please don't touch, but call your local wildlife rescue organisation and a volunteer will be dispatched to safely and humanely rescue that bat.

You're a lot happier now, aren't you?

Much, much happier, girl.

And take your nanny back to bed with you.

Yeah, lots of nannies here.

Mr. Betzer just bought another box.

It's your lucky day, clearly hasn't fed for a couple of days.

And as I said, her weight's not brilliant.

So we'll see what she looks like tomorrow.

Tomorrow, if she's looking any better, um, we'll take her out the back with the other bats and care.

But if not, she can just stay in bed for another table, see what tomorrow brings candy