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Specacled Flying Fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

Description:

...and this is how we pee! Spectacled Flying foxes are a medium sized Australian Flying-fox, growing to 1 Kg in weight

Habitat:

Rainforest in North Queensland. These individuals were in care at the Tolga Bat Hospital near Atherton in Qld, they ghave since been released back into the wild

Notes:

Bats don't pee on themsleves (unless they really want to). Generally they hang updide down (for them) by their thumbs for the act.

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1 Comment

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Interesting spotting...good for learning !!

Steve A
Spotted by
Steve A

4883, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Sep 23, 2009
Submitted on Jun 29, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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