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unusual facts about Fruit Bats



Pernikoff Brothers

They self-released their debut album, On My Way, in 2011 and recorded their second album with producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Fruit Bats, Gomez, Counting Crows, etc.

Pteropoda

In 1851 William Bullock Clark treated the Pteropoda as a family and emended the spelling to Pteropodidae (a name now used for a family of fruit bats)


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Akamas

Animals found in Akamas include fruit bats, shrews, hedgehogs, foxes, snakes, lizards, Griffon vultures, Cyprus Warblers, and Cyprus Scops owls.

Batu Caves

There are various undeveloped caves which contain a diverse range of cave fauna, including some unique species, such as Liphistiidae spiders and Eonycteris and Rousettus fruit bats.

Indian flying fox

Fruit bats are considered a delicacy by South Pacific Islanders as well as in Micronesia where, on the island of Guam, consumption has been suggested as a possible cause of Lytico-Bodig disease.

Wildlife of the Philippines

Other important tree species here include giant figs, which provide food for fruit bats, parrots, and monkeys, and Pterocarpus indicus, which like the dipterocarps, is valued for its timber.