Images of strange bats that used to be was spread on Reddit in 2018 and became a hot topic online. Recently, another post continues to arouse interest in this special species of bat.
Accordingly, they are a species of bat native to the Philippines called the “golden-crowned flying fox” bat. giant”. They are also called golden-crowned bats, a fruit-eating species belonging to the world’s largest megabat bat family.
Golden-crowned bats have the longest forearm length among species up to 21 5 cm. Their wingspan is also an impressive length of 1.5 to 1.7 meters, enough to cover an average sized human. The golden-crowned bat itself can weigh up to 14 kg.
In While many people think these bats are quite scary, they are completely harmless. Golden-crowned bats mainly eat fruit and leaves, and their main food source is figs. These bats spend most of their day sleeping because they are nocturnal like other bats.
Like all bat species megabat giant golden-crowned bats cannot be located or use high frequency sounds for navigation. In return, they have good eyesight and use it to fly and search for food.
The “giant golden-crowned flying fox” bat is currently protected by international conventions and is on the list of endangered wild animals. However, even though this bat species is protected by Philippine and international law, hunting and trafficking still occurs, causing them to completely disappear from many islands in the Philippines such as Panay and many areas of Cebu.< /p>
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