Monday, November 23, 2009

Indian Giant Bat Sanctuary

    The Indian city of Jamshedpur houses the Jubilee Lake Mega Bat Sanctuary- the only bat reserve located in a city in India.  The bat population there has boomed, growing 40% in the past year.  The reserve houses the sphinx bat and the herbivorous flying fox, which can grow to 2 meters (over 6 feet) in wingspan- one of the largest bats in the world.  The flying fox is also notable in that it pollinates over 50 types of plants.
     So they're like 2-meter bees that don't sting.  I like.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home
/environment/flora-fauna/Flying-foxes-
get-sanctuary-in-Jharkhand/articleshow
/5251883.cms

-Brown Rhino 

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