Un uomo polacco è sorpreso di trovare una colonia di pipistrelli che abitano le scarpe che ha lasciato sul balcone

Let him look more closely.
I’ve heard that there are a lot of beavers in Poland.

Interesting it happened in Warsaw. I loved seeing bats in the countryside, but never met any in Warsaw, despite the fact that I enjoy late evening walks and I’ve got a lot of parks nearby. [Apparently they prefer other side of the city](https://warszawa.tvp.pl/81648893/warszawskie-parki-pelne-nietoperzy-gdzie-mozna-je-spotkac) 🙁

This is the news I want to see 🙂

A man in Warsaw received a surprise when he discovered that a colony of bats had moved into a pair of shoes he had left on his balcony. Local animal services, who were called out to help, believe they had planned to hibernate for the winter.

Municipal police officers specialising in nature-related issues, known as Ekopatrol, were called out by a man who had reported bats inhabiting his balcony.

That in itself would not have been unusual. But, when they arrived on the scene, “the sight they encountered surprised them”, wrote the police. “The shoes on the balcony were swarming with bats” – around 20 in total.

“Protecting themselves from the cold, they had found a rather unusual hiding place. The sight of the small, winged mammals huddled together could have been heartwarming, but it was not the best or safest place for them to hibernate.”

The officers therefore carefully removed the animals and relocated them to Warsaw City Forests, a complex of forests located in the city, where they are now being cared for by specialists. 

Given the difficulty of removing the bats from the shoes without harming or stressing them, the man agreed to “sacrifice his shoes for the sake of the peace of the unusual guests nesting within”, wrote the offices, who praised him for his “empathy”. 

Bats regularly seek shelter during Poland’s cold winters, often hibernating from mid-November to March, notes *National Geographic Polska*. This allows them to survive when insects, their main source of food, are scarce.

While often the animals hibernate in natural environments, such as caves and hollows in trees, they also sometimes take shelter in man-made structures, like tunnels and basements.

“In recent years, bats have been invading Warsaw apartments for the winter,” Błażej Wojtowicz, president of the Polish Bat Protection Society, told *National Geographic*. “In February, I personally pulled over 60 bats out from under a windowsill because a tenant couldn’t sleep – they were squeaking constantly.”

He identified the bats in the latest incident as common noctule bats. In the past, that species would not hibernate in Poland, instead migrating long distances to warmer regions of Europe in winter. However, their behaviour has recently changed, and the bats now commonly remain in Poland year-round.

Imagine they do this in Scarpa Mont Blanc’s.

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