Trish Wimberley of the Australian Bat Clinic has a really hard job — according to this video’s info, she once went three nights without sleeping so she could care for her nocturnal charges. But there’s one significant benefit to spending huge amounts of time and money looking after sick, injured, and orphaned baby bats, which is: BABY BATS. Holy balls they are impossibly adorable.

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The bat clinic needs donations, if you’re moved by the sight of those little faces — but more importantly, they also need volunteers. Who wants to take a road trip to Australia?

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