{"id":28569,"date":"2023-06-01T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?p=28569&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=28569"},"modified":"2023-06-01T18:27:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:27:41","slug":"news-up-down-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/06\/01\/news-up-down-11\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Up-Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>Taking a shower <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/0d064440-14d9-469a-b0cd-c64d7158a9ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-28140\" width=\"517\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/0d064440-14d9-469a-b0cd-c64d7158a9ef.jpg 565w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/0d064440-14d9-469a-b0cd-c64d7158a9ef-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">To help grey-headed bats cope with extreme heat in the Australian summer earlier this year, parks workers in Melbourne installed 32 specially designed sprinklers to mimic light rain showers near the city\u2019s largest colony. Customised tweaks reduced hazards such as damage from cockatoos. The bats soon learned to fly through the water. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/03\/1.png\" alt=\"UP\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-25621\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/03\/1.png 199w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/03\/1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"DOWN\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-25622\" width=\"99\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/03\/2.png 198w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/03\/2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/fbcc209e-c664-4e64-8322-ee6c052d2d4f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"651\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>Ill wind <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Offshore windfarms in the North Sea reduce the local population of over-wintering red-throated divers by 94 per cent, according to <em>Scientific <\/em><em>Reports. <\/em>Ten kilometres from the turbines, there is still a 54 per cent reduction in numbers. Following windfarm construction, the diver population within the overall study area fell by 29 per cent. <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">SPARROWHAWK: ERIC WOODS; LOON: GETTY; GREY-HEADED FLYING FOX: JAMIE LAMB\/GETTY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help grey-headed bats cope with extreme heat in the Australian summer earlier this year, parks workers in Melbourne installed 32 specially designed sprinklers to mimic light rain showers near the city\u2019s largest 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