The Flying Fox — A Megabat

The Australian grey-headed variety

Warren Thurlow
Simply Wild
Published in
4 min readFeb 1, 2024

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Photo by Ishan @seefromthesky on Unsplash

Last week, after mowing the lawn, my son and I jumped into our pool to cool off. We lay quietly, floating on our backs, taking in the soft evening light that washed over the sky. It was peaceful and beautiful — I could have stayed there forever. After a few minutes we noticed the flying foxes (fruit bats) soaring overhead.

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Warren Thurlow
Simply Wild

Engineer | Writer | Investor | Writing about wildlife, adventure and science.