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Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them
In Far North Queensland, one special winged mammal helps keep rainforests alive. The spectacled flying fox travels vast distances each night, pollinating flowers and spreading seeds far and wide.
The gray-headed flying fox is one of the world’s largest bats. It can weigh more than 2 pounds and have a wingspan of more than 5 feet. And as it migrates along Australia’s eastern coastal regions, ...
A peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports has mapped the continent-scale ecological footprint of Australia’s four mainland flying-fox species, finding that their nightly foraging flights ...
Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy. By Anthony Ham The grey-headed flying fox is ...
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