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Grey-headed Flying Fox

• Element 1: Emblem

  Behaviour - hanging

  Unlike birds, bats cannot launch their bodies into the air from the ground, because their wings don't produce enough lift to take off. If a roosting bat need to escape quickly, hanging upside-down means they are already in the perfect position to spread their wings and fly away.

• Element 2: Pattern

  Diet - nectar

  The Grey-headed Flying Fox feeds on nectar from flowering plants and extracts the liquid from fruit with specialised teeth, spitting out all fibrous material (only swallowing the juice and small seeds).