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Posted: 02 May 2016


Taken: 02 May 2016

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1/400 f/9.0 300.0 mm ISO 800

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animals
HD Pentax-DA 1:4-5.8 55-300mm ED WR
Pteropus poliocephalus
Batemans Bay
NSW
Australia
south coast
fruit bats
flying foxes
bats
Grey-headed Flying Foxes


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Meet a Flying Fox

Meet a Flying Fox
This is a Grey-headed Flying Fox. Despite the name, these are actually fruit bats and live on nectar and fruits. They are Australia's largest bats, with a wingspan of about a metre (see note). They are classed as endangered but this year the local colony (right in the middle of town) has grown to about 100,000 - which does create more than a few problems! Better viewed large.

I live in Batemans Bay and there are suggestions it should now be renamed "Batman's Bay". :-) Which leads to the obvious musical link.

©UdoSm, Diane Putnam, Soeradjoen (limited time), Gillian Everett and 28 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Xata
Xata club
I love bats. When I was a kid, 60 years ago, we had lots of them around at twilight and night, some slept daytime in a barn close to mine. I miss them so much...
8 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
They can be a real problem. Quite a few colonies around Noosa too. Lovely shot of this one, George.
8 years ago.
 Soeradjoen (limited time)
Soeradjoen (limited…
Great capture!

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8 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
Great shot! They do look kind of cute...it's just the wings that are so creepy!
6 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
We saw these amazing animals for the first time on our trip to Australia years ago...
4 years ago.

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