Raining dead BATS! 100,000 rotting carcasses fall from the sky and die during blistering heatwave in Australia

Temperatures up to 43C are to blame for the mass deaths in at least 25 colonies in southern Queensland

Around 100,000 bats have fallen from the sky and died during a blistering heatwave in Australia.

Temperatures up to 43C are to blame for the mass deaths in at least 25 colonies in southern Queensland, the RSPCA said yesterday.

The bats have caused havoc in townships with teams of rubbish collectors run off their feet clearing them from trees and bushes.

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