Published 21:24 IST, February 9th 2020
Australia: Panic grips small town as colony of bats swarm, watch video
A colony of fruit bats has descended on a small town in Australia. The bats have caused havoc for the local residents who have been forced into their homes.
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A colony of fruit bats has descended on a small town in Australia. bats have caused havoc for local residents. residents have called large number of bats a plaque of 'biblical proportions'. residents of small town are w afraid to leave ir homes because of bats.
Town forced into lockdown
bats have descended over town of Ingham in rth Queensland. bats have also, unfortunately, take up residence in trees near a local primary school and kindergarten. Due to sheer volume of bats, residents have been afraid to leave ir homes.
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fruit bats belong to a protected species of bats so it appears that very little can be done. 'Bat-torno' is so intense that local air ambulance from a nearby hospital h to be grounded because bats me it impossible to fly.
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According to local news reports, bats seem to number in hundreds of thousands and colony only seems to be growing. Take a look at people's reactions to 'Bat Torno'.
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Fruit Bats fall into a category of Megabat and are also called Flying Foxes in some regions. y can greatly vary in size depending on location. According to reports some fruit bats can be as small as two inches while ors can grow to length of 16 inches. overall wing length of fruit bats is over five feet.
Fruit Bats have excellent vision, arguably best of all bat species. In order to find food, fruit bats use ir vision and ir sense of smell. re are almost 1,200 different species of Fruit Bats.
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Fruit bats also have very sharp teeth according to reports that allow m to break through skin of fruits.
(with inputs from ncies)
21:24 IST, February 9th 2020