Heatwave hell as 5000 dead bats drop from trees in Casino, northern NSW Heatwave hell as 5000 dead bats drop from trees in Casino, northern NSW.. wildlife carers, Carcass clean-up, council manager, bat babies, ,Casino,New South Wales,Australia, Facebook, Inc., Rural Fire Service, Extreme heat, bat carcasses, Bat carcasses line, Mass death scene, fox carcasses, crews help, council workers, orphaned babies, death toll, John George Walker...EXTREME heat has thousands bats in northern NSW, with wildlife carers now working around the clock to save hundreds of orphaned babies while council workers clear huge piles of flying fox carcasses. Temperatures rocketed to 44 degrees in Casino on Saturday, sparking the mass deaths of up to 5000 flying foxes, many of which simply dropped out of trees and were dead before they hit the ground. In similar scenes, more than 2000 flying foxes perished in the Richmond Valley at the weekend. There were extraordinary scenes as the bat carcasses began piling up on the ground, sparking warnings to the public not to touch the animals for fear of catching viruses or other illnesses. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and SHARE this video! http://bit.ly/1ob9B6d