Spectacled flying-foxes are megabats, also known as fruit bats, that live in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the surrounding islands.
They are social animals that live in large groups called camps. These bats are very vocal, often chattering all day. The camp I observed in Australia sounded like a school lunchroom.
In February 2019 the Australian government upgraded their threatened status from vulnerable to endangered after about a third of their population died in a severe heatwave in Queensland in late 2018.
Climate change and habitat destruction continue to threaten this species’ survival.
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