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Grey-headed Flying Fox

Pteropus poliocephalus

Photo by CataAna
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

There is a colony of flying foxes in the Commonwealth park in Canberra where many concerts are taking place.They don't seem to be bothered by the crowds or the noise.

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Grey-headed Flying Fox

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Steve A
Such an interesting animal. Such a pity that the Queensland Government has decided to reintroduce shooting these threatened animals "to protect crops" :-(
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PublishedApril 26, 2011

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