New All-Time Australian Record For Highest Nighttime Low Temperature - 96.6F

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Australia is in the midst of an unrelenting, record-smashing heat wave that has left temperature maps so red the country looks like it’s on fire.

The country has hit highs exceeding 120°F (49°C) during the day. And New South Wales set a new record for all of Australia last week when nighttime temperatures never fell below 96.6°F (35.9°C).

The temperatures have been so brutal in South Australia, in fact, that heat-stressed bats are literally falling out of trees. Australia’s fruit-eating bats cannot regulate their body temperature when the thermometer hits 104°F (40°C). Nursing females are vulnerable because they already have raised body temperatures. Young pups are the most vulnerable.

When a heat wave last year killed hundreds of bats, Campbelltown colony manager Kate Ryan said that “They basically boil.” She added, “It affects their brain – their brain just fries and they become incoherent.” As a result, they lose consciousness and fall to the ground.

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https://thinkprogress.org/australia-heat-wave-so-hot-bats-falling-from-trees-9493180bfd35/