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Indian Flying Fox
Pteropus giganteus
Pteropus giganteus is one of the largest bats in the world, with a wingspan up to about 1.5 m, and it is nothing like the bats most people picture. It does not echolocate at all - megabats navigate by sight, with large forward-facing eyes and excellent low-light vision - and it …
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- Unlike most bats, the Indian Flying Fox does not use echolocation and instead depends on its keen eyesight to find food and avoid obstacles.
- Indian flying foxes cool themselves by licking their wings and fanning, and on very hot days a whole roost can be seen wing-flapping in unison. They are a natural reservoir for Nipah virus in South Asia, but transmission to people is overwhelmingly linked to drinking raw date palm sap that bats have contaminated - not to the bats themselves - and covering the sap collection pots essentially eliminates the risk. Their thumbs carry a large claw used for climbing, and they clamber through branches with a hooked, four-limbed gait.
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