Flying foxes: Australia s love-hate relationship with fruit bats
Australian towns have made headlines complaining of bat tornadoes. But ecologists say flying foxes are vital to preserving forest and need protection from climate change and habitat loss.
The Australian grey-headed flying fox is an important pollinator for Australia s forests
Earlier this year, the term bat tornado started appearing in the Australian and international media. It all started with a BBC report from the town of Ingham in the north eastern state of Queensland, where the population of flying fox bats had apparently exploded over the last two years, leaving residents fed up with their noise and smell.
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