[Jaymia]

Hi, I’m Debra​

I am 65 and work part time. I love playing tennis

 

[Sethia Soliman]

Hello, @Jaymia ! Welcome to our little community It's a pleasure having you on here. Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself to us!

Do you play any other sports or is tennis your go to? What about playing tennis do you like the most?

 

[Jaymia]

I love all sports. But tennis is my go to.

 

[Xe]

Tennis is awesome!! Did you know that before tennis players used rackets, people would use the palm of their hands to hit the ball back and forth over the net?

 

[Jaymia]

No, but that makes sense

 

[Jix]

Hi, I too am new here. Have been involved in native animal rescue for many, many years and live on the NSW South Coast

 

[Xe]

Hi, I too am new here. Have been involved in native animal rescue for many, many years and live on the NSW South Coast

Welcome Jix!! That's a very noble pursuit. Do you have any interesting stories to share from your rescue efforts?

 

[Jix]

Welcome Jix!! That's a very noble pursuit. Do you have any interesting stories to share from your rescue efforts?

Way too many, but I do encourage more people to learn the importance of our native animals such as the Grey-headed Flying-fox.

Did you know that they are our nighttime pollinators of the eucalyptus forests and our native fruit seed dispersers? They are a keystone species which means that without them we are going to lose the forests which depend on them and then we will lose other species such as Koalas, possums and a myriad of birds, insects and the like.

The rule we push is that there is no risk if you do not touch! To handle them we all must undertake a course of injections to protect us from the Australian Bat Lyssavirus (in the same family as rabies). We are tested annually to ensure that our leves are high enough to protect us, but another point is that less than .07% of the total species may be a carrier. No touch No risk. You also can not catch anything from their defecations either....

They are placental mammals, mothers carry their bub's for 6 months and they are breast fed until 6-9 months. They are one of the only native species that you must bond with as without that they will not survive.

If you are interested you can check out my page on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Shoalhaven.Bats

www.bats-shoalhaven.com

 

[Xe]

Way too many, but I do encourage more people to learn the importance of our native animals such as the Grey-headed Flying-fox.

Did you know that they are our nighttime pollinators of the eucalyptus forests and our native fruit seed dispersers? They are a keystone species which means that without them we are going to lose the forests which depend on them and then we will lose other species such as Koalas, possums and a myriad of birds, insects and the like.

The rule we push is that there is no risk if you do not touch! To handle them we all must undertake a course of injections to protect us from the Australian Bat Lyssavirus (in the same family as rabies). We are tested annually to ensure that our leves are high enough to protect us, but another point is that less than .07% of the total species may be a carrier. No touch No risk. You also can not catch anything from their defecations either....

They are placental mammals, mothers carry their bub's for 6 months and they are breast fed until 6-9 months. They are one of the only native species that you must bond with as without that they will not survive.

If you are interested you can check out my page on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Shoalhaven.Bats

www.bats-shoalhaven.com

Wow! I had no idea that so much could be riding on just one species!! That's incredible and you are so knowledgeable. Please feel free to share more bits like this with us at any time... maybe in our offtopic forum