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146a-flying_foxes_sign: The Sydney botanical gardens were nice enough. Large grassy areas with huge trees split by curving paths. An odd sign invited us to walk on the grass and touch everything. That's a switch. We found a couple of ponds with some ducks and I looked up and couldn't believe what I saw.
"Are those bats?" I asked Kelly. They sure looked like it. We followed the mystery creatures to where they were landing. Sure enough, hundreds of flying foxes, the largest type of bat, were hanging from the trees and flying around. In broad daylight. A sign next to one of the trees explained that they were seasonal visitors and that they were ruining the trees by staying in them. It wasn't just one tree either. In this part of the botanical gardens we found the bats in many trees, very awake, and making a small ruckus. |
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