Another shot taken while waiting to board our boat trip up the Katherine River to Katherine Gorge this time of a very small part of a large colony of Flying Foxes aka Fruit Bats.
They make a hell of a noise and yes they do stink quite a bit.
For O/S 365ers, we have now left the desert and semi arid region of Oz and are in the tropical savannah region
Yes they do stink. There is a huge colony of bats at Raymond Terrace and every time we drive through there we try and hold our breath long enough until we have passed them. Bats on one side of the road and McDonalds on the other is a bit much sometimes. Thank God we have masks handy these days.
@koalagardens They certainly are. A friend of ours, Les Hall who was known as The Batman of Brisbane "educated" me on their importance to the environment after I made a disparaging remark about them one day. Les made the study of bats his life's work and travelled the world researching them. Sadly, he passed away a couple of years ago. Google him.
@terryliv thanks Terry, fascinating and I'm googling. Of course without bats we won't have koalas as they share primary food trees, the bats pollinate the eucalypt forests. they are disliked because by destroying their forests, they start decimating fruit crops we plant. thanks for the tip to great information 👍 oh hey, he was born here in Lismore! (I'm just 15 mins south of Lismore)
