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Spectacled Flying-foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) feeding in broad daylight

Diurnal feeding was observed in a small colony of Spectacled Flying-foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in a fig tree (Ficus sp.) in Cairns, northern Queensland. Diurnal feeding has generally only been observed in flying-foxes during periods of food shortages, but these individuals did not exhibit any observable signs of emaciation.

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