Showing posts with label fruit bat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruit bat. Show all posts

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Shy


A shy fruit bat hiding his face behind the leaves of the banyan tree.

Saturday, May 25, 2024

Contortionist


A fruit bat aka the flying fox performing contortions on the banyan tree in Bandra.

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Saturday, September 23, 2023

Berry bites


The flying fox alias fruit bat having a go at the berries on the banyan tree.

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

Berry feast


The fruit bat doing a happy dance looking at the berry feast on the banyan tree.

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Friday, September 15, 2023

Batman


A silhouette of a fruit bat against a rain filled sky in Bandra last evening.

Pteropus is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, East Africa, and some oceanic islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Wikipedia

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Saturday, May 29, 2021

Fruit bat


An Indian flying fox also known as the Greater Indian fruit bat hanging out on a tree outside my window.. It is a species of flying fox found in the Indian subcontinent and is one of the largest bats in the world.