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AZ Animals on MSN13 天
Why This Leathery Megabat is Wrapped Up Like a Burrito
The Malayan flying fox has many names, including the greater flying fox, kalong, and large fruit bat. Its most accurate name ...
Smithsonian Magazine6 天
Batty About Flying Foxes
It could be the bat's size, odd looks, nocturnal behavior or sheer numbers that has made generations of Australians uneasy. Recently, however, Australia's flying foxes have more going against them ...
National Geographic news3 年
Little Red Flying Fox
Little red flying foxes use their feet and jointed thumbs to move nimbly about treetop branches. Despite the old “blind as a bat” axiom these and other flying foxes have excellent senses of ...
NHK1 年
Rare Okinawa flying fox back in the wild after brush with death
The injured Daito flying fox The bat was treated by Nagamine Takashi, president of the Okinawa Wildlife Federation, who works to protect Okinawa's rare creatures. Veterinarian Nagamine Takashi ...
Smithsonian Magazine1 年
Why Australians Are Growing to Appreciate These Giant, Threatened Bats
Gray-headed flying foxes are actually the largest native bat species in Australia, with wingspans up to three feet. They’re found nowhere else in the world. But as urbanization destroys their ...