Flying foxes are one of the other animals that I was suprised to find here. It is quite easy to see them as they often gather near urban centers. It is really amazing to walk through one of their colonies formed by hundreds of specimens hanging upside down from the tree branches. The busiest time in the colony is at dusk( when they get ready to feed) and at dawn (when they come back to rest). In some áreas, they are considered as a problem because they are particularly noisy and some are carriers of the Australian bat lyssavirus (a type of rabies virus fatal for humans and transmitted by their bite). But despite of all that and the fact that flying foxes are not interested in human flesh, they play a crucial role in the dispersion of seeds and pollination in the forests.
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