He turned out to be a Large-footed myotis (Myotis macropus) Australia's only true fishing bat. These bats roost near water use their long clawed feet to scrape the water for fish and insects. They find them using echolocation, bouncing sounds off the water to detect minuscule movements by the fish.

Even in care his survival is not guaranteed. Their survival rate is poor. He will need very high humidity, warmth, feeds every 4-5 hours throughout the day and night, plus a few minutes of sunshine each day.

By the 5th day in care, second photo, he was starting to look like less like Yoda and more like a bat and he was really active, feeding very enthusiastically, and it was time to move him to Sarah at Sydney Wildlife. She also has adult bats of this species in care: this is critical for the pup’s development, as he needs to learn to communicate with other myotis bats as soon as possible.
Once he’s old enough, he will be taught to catch and eat live insects, allowed to practise flying, and will finally be released back at the site of his original rescue.