
ANI014-00099
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
- Australian bat clinic
- bat
- Close-up
- flying fox
- grey-headed flying fox
- looking at camera
- Photo Ark
- Pteropus poliocephalus
- rare
- side view
- studio shot
- vulnerable
- waist up
- white background
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