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Spectacled Flying Fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

Photo by Muckpuk
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Very large bat - about 25 cm - with a furry head. Very cute.

Habitat:

Cairns in town , near coast. A whole street of about 10 trees were covered in Flying Foxes.

Notes:

A whole street of about 10 trees were covered in Flying Foxes.
Parking under those trees was free :-)

They were flapping their wings in the sun and were quite active even though it was the middle of the day and very very sunny and hot.

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Comments (4)

Nice shots, Muckpuk. Love the third shot where you can see the 'spectacles'.

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