The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a beautiful yet incredibly misunderstood social mammal crucial to Australia's ecosystems. 🦇 Spending their days literally hanging about, the grey-headed flying-fox springs into action during night hours, flying up to 50km and pollinating native plants as they forage. Head to Parramatta in Sydney to see where one of Australia’s top pollinators hangs out and how #SavingOurSpecies is working to protect them: youtube.com/watch?v=JC1PD_W5zaY 🎥

With a wingspan of more than a meter, the grey headed flying fox is the largest fruit-eating #bat in the world. They hang upside down in the trees, clinging on with ratchet like claws, which help them stay attached to the branches, and wrapping their large, elastic wings around themselves. 🦇 | Love Nature

16K views · 345 reactions |  Fact of the day Did you know? The grey-headed flying fox can travel up to 50km a night in search of food. #ausgeo #didyouknow #factoftheday #australia #wildlife #flyingfoxes | Australian Geographic | Facebook

Council continues to support our local megabats, the grey-headed flying fox, with its Flying-fox Habitat restoration program at Cabramatta Creek. Now almost halfway through the nine-year project we have already cleared 1.8 hectares of environmental weeds, planted 8000 plants and will plant another 2000 this year among other measures. The grant, funded by Local Government NSW, provides a natural habitat for flying foxes, who are important pollinators of natural areas. Flying foxes play a vital ro