Fruit bats

Fruit bats

Written by Isla Aroha Tombs

Introduction:

Fruit bats are one of the cutest wild flying animals on earth but are only found in certain countries like Asia , Europe , Australia and Africa in dense forests such as the rainforest. They are also known as flying foxes and live in huge colonies such as “camps”

What do fruit bats eat?:

It is obvious to the name of the fruit bat that they only eat fruit and are known as Frugivores.  Fruit bats fly around in forests and usually pick oranges or fruits that grow on the ground like watermelons and pineapples and sometimes fly up 10 - metre tall banana trees in the rainforest near Africa.

Fruit bat facts

1. Did you know that the average fruit bat travels up to 3 million k’s a day in search of fruit?
2. Did you know that baby fruit bats sleep with their parents until they are eight months old?
3. Fruit Bats can’t be kept as pets because they only last a year in a house but they live up to 25 years in the wild.

What is the daily routine of a fruit bat?:

The daily routine of a fruit bat is sleeping. Fruit bats sleep upside down and rap their rubbery black wings around their fluffy bodys and attach their black sharp claws to branches or cave ceilings. Fruit bats usually eat sleep and play as part of their daily routine. Baby fruit bats cling onto their parents and sleep on top of them while clinging upside down. When Fruit bats are old enough they sleep by themselves.