5th May 2008, 07:42 PM
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some
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Originally Posted by JayD  Bat's dont
have an anus | CSIRO TFRC project: Spectacled Flying Foxes: Solutions for Management Quote: | Flying Fox Myths
Some people think flying foxes are dirty, smelly, noisy animals. They are certainly smelly and noisy when they roost in large numbers, but not everyone finds the smell unpleasant. A flying fox camp usually smells like fermenting fruit. Most people believe the animals are dirty because of two long-standing myths:
…Firstly, people believe flying foxes do not have an anus, and so they poop from their mouth or vomit all of their food!
…Secondly, people believe flying foxes do have an anus but that they poop all over themselves while hanging upside down!
Flying Foxes hang from their thumbs, inverting from their usual orientation to defecate. Both of these myths are untrue. Flying foxes hang by their thumbs to poop, so that their bottom points to the ground. They also poop while they are flying at night, which is good for seed dispersal. Both pooping and vomiting are common misunderstandings of just what flying fox spats are.
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