#$%^&*AU2019101231A420191121.pdf#####The automated flying fox colony monitor and low-force sprinkler cooling system allows remote and simultaneous monitoring of the roost conditions both environmental and behavioral as well as reduce flying fox deaths during heat events. This system allows early intervention and prevention of flying fox deaths by detecting environmental factors known to trigger heat stress, heatstroke and eventual death and intervene by starting up a cooling sprinkler system allowing bats that have climbed down to the mid-storey of a camp to seek out a cooler microclimate to be directly sprayed with a low-force and high droplet size spray. This assists their evaporative cooling mechanisms when environmental conditions mean that they could no longer carry this out themselves without extreme risk of death or compromise. This system also reduced the need for human intervention, potentially increasing flying fox stress and therefore deaths as well as risking human health in extreme conditions and often rough terrain. This system also allows monitoring of camp environmental conditions as well as flying fox behavioral monitoring remotely. The system utilizes loT loggers sends environmental data to the cloud through LPWAN (SigFox, LoRaWAN, NB loT) communication for analytics through Al and ML. The cloud assesses the situation and triggers the low-force sprinkler system to initiate cooling. The data recorded over time will assist in research and understanding of the flying fox behaviors.
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