“There you go, fella,” he said while filming the microbat for Instagram. He concluded the video by advising viewers not to touch bats with their bare hands, but to use a towel or crate, or ideally, call animal control. “Beautiful animals though.”
Checking on an Injured Snake
This August, Robert Irwin encountered a Northern tree snake with an injured tail. He carefully caught it to examine the injury while educating his Instagram followers about the species. He stressed that it’s “very important not to go around picking up snakes,” but also emphasized that “snakes aren’t out to get you.” Although the Northern tree snake is non-venomous, he reassured viewers, “If this were a venomous species, I wouldn’t be putting my head so close to its head. Because then, it could envenomate me, and I’d die.”
