Batman Actually Does Care About Bats

Ben Affleck, Amy Adams and Zack Snyder have teamed up to save bats. Like, actual bats. Around the world bats are dying and are in serious need of advocates. Here are some facts from Savebats.org

"WHY WE SHOULD SAVE BATS:It’s a fact bats play a key role in maintaining the health of the environment. Healthier bats mean a healthier world.They are the primary predator of nighttime insects. A single bat can eat up to 5,000 in a single night.This means farmers can use fewer pesticides, which means safer food. And all that bug-eating saves the American agricultural industry about $23 billion a year.Also, bats are great pollinators and seed dispersers. They help repopulate plants, maintain forests, grow fruits like bananas and are the only pollinators of agave. Tequila, anyone?When you consider all this, there’s no question that bats are friends to humans. Sure, some of them may not be the cutest and cuddliest, but they are our friends nonetheless.WHY BATS NEED SAVING:White-nose Syndrome is bat threat number one. It’s caused by a fungus and has killed more than 6 million bats to date.Climate change–need we say more?Loss of natural habitat. Like anything else, if you don’t have a place to live, it’s hard to survive.Add it all up and conservationists around the globe are extremely concerned that bats may be headed for extinction."

For these reasons, Batman, Lois Lane and director Zack Snyder took a break from production of Batman v Superman to go to bat…for bats. Ok, I’m trying too hard.