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Flying foxes, silence and a bygone era: pictures of the week
A flying fox returns home while a fisherman lays out his nets at dawn. Our gallery photographers show a calm aesthetic this week. The first flowers are blooming and life is slowly returning with ...
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In a Rare Daytime Appearance, Flying Foxes Keep Cool in an Indian River
With temperatures topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit, photographer Hardik Shelat wasn't the only one trying to keep cool.
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Where have Phnom Penh's flying foxes gone? Bats near Wat Phnom mysteriously absent
For years, visitors to Wat Phnom have marvelled at the spectacle of thousands of flying foxes hanging upside down in the trees surrounding the area. Tourists frequently stop to snap photos of the bats ...
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Flying foxes return to San Antonio Zoo for the first time since the 1980s
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Zoo is welcoming the return of flying foxes — an endangered species that hasn’t been at the zoo since the 1980s. A news release states a group of flying foxes ...
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Flying foxes pollinate forests and spread seeds. Here’s how we can make peace with our noisy neighbours
Noel D. Preece is lead scientist for the national recovery team for the endangered spectacled flying fox, and a non-executive director of Terrain NRM Ltd. He is also a director of a specialist ...
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Pam Tully dedicates 6 months a year to rescuing baby flying foxes alongside the volunteers who help her
Most unusual, and beautiful in its own way, is the flying fox. Its face is narrow with a collar of red fur, cute as a puppy. Arching out of the shoulders are paper-thin wings, black as the night.