MEGABAT KUSTOM SWEATER ♡ PETA-Approved Vegan

Flying foxes (AKA bats) play a major role in the regeneration of native hardwood forests and rainforests. Acting as efficient poo couriers, they pollinate as they feed, dispersing seeds as they move through the forest. A single flying fox can disperse up to 60,000 seeds in a night. They're highly mobile with some travelling 500 km within 48 hrs. That’s some bloody impressive batting (insert some kind of cricket joke here – I dunno, I don’t like cricket).

Despite the essential service they perform to Australia, the grey-headed flying flying-fox megabat of awesome (or Pteropus poliocephalus as cool scientist peeps call them) is a threatened species. Their numbers have rapidly declined over a relatively short period of time, which is bloody shitful. They are, however, protected by law.

Unlike other pollinators like bees and birds, who are also great – just saying, flying-foxes can transport pollen over vast distances and also disperse larger seeds. Unforts the national population may have declined by over 30% between 1989 and 1999 alone, with an estimate for the species in 2019 putting the number at 586,000. Considering flying foxes provide habitats for other flora and fauna species, adding value for hardwood timber, honey and native plant industries, losing them would put us squarely up shit creek, and we’re not doing that well as it is.

Climate change projections mean the impact of extreme heat events on flying-foxes will be a bloody disaster. And that’s not even considering the impact on other wildlife, particularly cryptic species, such as koalas and lyrebirds (my favourite), which is less obvious.

Not being able to sit here and do fuck all, we’re extending our Australian species range to include our mates the megabat. Designed exclusively for us by @ junglejimsmith funds will go to Bob Brown Foundation.

Let’s quit fucking with the forests, put our money where our shirts are and start the convo to help our native, fuzzy mates keep their homes and protect this beautiful land we live on.

We’re not gonna beat around the bush, organic ring-spun cotton is where it’s at.
Try out this eco-friendly gem.

• 100% organic ring-spun combed cotton
• Fabric weight: 350 g/m² (10.3 oz./yd.²)
• Regular fit
• Set-in sleeves
• 1×1 rib at neck collar, sleeve hem, and bottom hem
• Double-needle topstitch at the neck collar, on the sleeves, and on the bottom hems
• Inside herringbone back neck tape
• Self-fabric half moon at back neck
• The fabric of this product is certified by GRS (Global Recycled Standard), OCS (Organic Content Standard), and GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard)

The fabric of this product is OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified and PETA-Approved Vegan

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you (around 28 days to Australia).
Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

• Contains 0% recycled materials
• Contains 0% dangerous substances

Size guide
The sizes correspond to a smaller size in the US market, so US customers should order a size up.