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Christopher Turbill, Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University

This spider-eating, nest-sharing bat was once safe from fire – until the Black Summer burnt its rainforests

George Madani, Author provided

Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to unloved Australian animals that need our help.

Golden-tipped bats are peculiar creatures. By night, they hunt the understorey for orb-weaving spiders, plucking them carefully from their sticky webs. By day, they roost in excavated basements at the bottom of nests made by two rainforest birds.

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