![]() (Video opens on YouTube) Subscribe to animalfunfacts. But they don’t really fly, they just glide towards the ground. The only other mammals that can stay airborne for a long time are flying squirrels. ![]() Or would they drown? It looks funny but yes: bats and fruit bats can swim very well! They lie flat on the water and use their front arms to move, like breast stroke. Over 640 animals are packed into one square meter. It was even entered into the Guinness Book of World Records (2010). This plays host to 1.8 million fruit bats. There is an island in the Philippines called Samal Island. These animals live in one cave in Papua New Guinea and there are only 137 to 160 animals left (stats from 2016).įruit Bat - Photo: Independent birds/Shutterstock Records The Biggest Fruit Bat Colony This is the rarest fruit bat in the world, and at risk of extinction. But there are some species that are endangered, e.g. Enemies and Threats Endangered Animal Speciesįruit bats in general are not considered endangered. Fruit bats also eat fruit, so spread seeds with their feces. There are plants that can only be pollinated by fruit bats. Because they eat nectar and pollen, they pollinate flowers - just like bees. Importance for the Ecosystemįruit bats are very important to ensuring species diversity in nature. So they’re about as big as a business card and as heavy as a piece of candy. Salim Alis fruit bat ( Latidens salimalii) Genus Megaerops. Philippine pygmy fruit bat ( Haplonycteris fischeri) Genus Latidens. The smallest fruit bat is the long-tongued nectar bat. Brookss dyak fruit bat ( Dyacopterus brooksi) Rickarts dyak fruit bat ( Dyacopterus rickarti) 6 Dayak fruit bat ( Dyacopterus spadiceus) Genus Haplonycteris. The heaviest is the Indian flying fox, weighing 56 oz (1.6 kg). ![]() The giant golden-crowned flying fox’s wings can even grow up to 170cm wide. The greater and the Indian flying foxes can have wingspans of up to 60 inch (150 cm). The greater flying fox, the giant golden-crowned flying fox and the Indian flying fox are the largest fruit bats. Some of them do a little somersault.įruit Bat - Photo: Worraket/Shutterstock Anatomy and Appearance The Biggest Fruit Bat Upside down is right-side up for these bats. To land, they fly so slowly that they almost stop in mid-air, then grab onto something. Also called flying foxes, Rodrigues fruit bats live only on Rodrigues. How do these animals take off and land? They start flying by falling from their hanging position and then quickly start to beat their wings. When flying foxes aren’t flying, they hang upside down on branches or rocks. If a fruit bat does feel threatened - if you touch it or (accidentally) get too close - it may bite to defend itself, which can pass on dangerous viruses. Fruit bats don’t suck blood - if you were worried about that! They’re also not aggressive and don’t look for people to bite. ![]()
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