A grey-headed flying fox mother in mid air with a baby clinging to its chest in Melbourne, Australia. CraigRJD / iStock / Getty Images Plus
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The grey-headed and spectacled species of mainland flying fox — common in Australia, also known as “fruit bats” — have historically experienced such low numbers that they faced the possibility of extinction, reported The Conversation.
But after a decade-long survey by the National Flying-fox Monitoring Program (NFFMP) — coordinated by…
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