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Megabats
Black Flying Fox:
Pteropus alecto
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With a wingspan of over a
metre, this is
Australia's largest bat.
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Like most of the other flying fox, It has a loud,
crying call, like a spoiled baby screaming in a cartoon.
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It is found in
mangroves and forests along the tropical coast extending down the west coast to
Shark Bay and down the east coast to northern N.S.W.
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It is also found outside
Australia, stretching into New Guinea and some of the islands of south-east Asia
(Strahan 1998).
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This bat can generally be
found by day in huge noisy, smelly camps in mangroves or forests.
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At dusk,
especially in the tropics, one can see huge numbers of them fly across the
darkening sky to feed.
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
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