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During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbournes Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox
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During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbournes Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox
During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbournes Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43'C, in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and less exposed, Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) descend from the safety of the tree canopy looking for a cooler place. Ironically and sadly, this behaviour results in what experts call clumping - where the number of bats in close proximity means that the animals get even hotter. It is often a precursor to mass deaths. On the ground there were already many dead bats that had succumb to this heat-stress event. ÔÇ¿Yarra Bend Golf course, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia.ÔÇ¿ December, 2019
naturepl.com / : Doug Gimesy
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Australasia Australia Catalogue13 Chiroptera Climate Change Environment Environmental Issues Flying Fox Global Warming Greenhouse Effect Grey Headed Flying Fox Group Large Group Mega Bat Megabat Megachiroptera Multitude Pteropodidae Pteropus Pteropus Poliocephalus Temperature Victoria Vulnerable
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