
ANI014-00067
A vulnerable grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) at the Australian Bat Clinic. Bats act as pollinators and seed dispensers, however bats are in serious decline around Australia largely due to entanglement in fruit tree netting.
Keywords
- Australia
- bat
- bat clinic
- Close-up
- colony
- copy space
- flying fox
- focus on foreground
- gray headed flying fox
- grey-headed flying fox
- mammal
- Pteropus poliocephalus
- rare
- rehabilitate
- side view
- vulnerable
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