The Grey-headed Flying-fox on 16 October, 2007

In Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden there is a colony of grey-headed flying-foxes. I've searched for information why they use to sway their wings when hanging in the trees, but I couldn't find any. Is it just for enjoyment or for cooling? Perhaps a visitor will be so kind and give a hint. Thanks in advance!

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Travel & Events

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• Grey-headed
• Flying-fox
• fruit-bat
• Sydney
• Royal
• Botanic
• Garden
• Bat
• tree-top
• wing
• down
• under

[WARP10CK]

All of a sudden it lands on the camera looks the camera man straight in the eye and saids : Im Batman

[ExRepublican96]

I absolutely adore flying foxes! They are the cutest mammals. Faces like dogs but without the racket and they LOVE banana smoothies. Precious creatures...

[MikaelBye]

If I've seen the pack of them coming to my hometown, I would shit bricks!

[mrjimmyos]

@johnlyris Are they available as pets? :D

[henningen95]

I want to see the biggest Flying Fox fly around in New York, then see the reactions.

[johnlyris]

These bats are growing in numbers and are a bloody nuisance eating and damaging everything in sight.

I hope they all disappear as quickly as they appeared.

[Marenlene]

Flying foxes flap their wings to cool them down on hot days. They are sensitive to the heat and often they are exposed to the sun during the day.

[DukeriesLad]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

[lorrieandmatt]

LOL!!!

[Lana111527]

those are some crazy looking bats

[Shmecklecka]

BATS!~