--- description: If this video doesn't warm your heart, nothing will title: These Baby Bats Swaddled Like Burritos Are the Only Thing You Need Today image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Baby Bats Swaddled Like Burritos Are the Only Thing You Need Today  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 1, 2014 4:06 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 1, 2014 4:06 PM CUT Usually we think of bats as creatures that only come out at night. But now, in broad daylight, the YouTube channel Wakaleo has captured footage of baby bats being swaddled (thus, resembling burritos) at the Australian Bat Clinic & Wildlife Trauma Centre, based in the Gold Coast hinterland at Advancetown in Queensland, Australia. The organization rescues, feeds and provides medical care to baby bats who have become orphans, often after their mothers have died from tick paralysis. Animal lovers can also see “baby bat burritos” at the [Tolga Bat hospital](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/adorable-baby-bat-hospital-will-change-the-way-you-think-about-bats-184825729.html "undefined") in Atherton, Queensland, Australia, which offers tours of the facility to visitors. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3611682/baby-bat-burritos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3611682/baby-bat-burritos/"},"headline":"These Baby Bats Swaddled Like Burritos Are the Only Thing You Need Today","datePublished":"2014-12-01T16:06:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:54.698Z","description":"If this video doesn't warm your heart, nothing will","url":"https://time.com/3611682/baby-bat-burritos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3611682/baby-bat-burritos/","name":"These Baby Bats Swaddled Like Burritos Are the Only Thing You Need Today"}}]}] ```