Local Rescue - Bat World Sanctuary

Welcome to today’s episode of baby bats try new fruit. Today we have Salsa and Nachos trying a piece of banana. A lot of people wonder why flying foxes have such large and sharp looking teeth if they eat fruit and nectar. The answer is that these teeth are designed so the flying foxes can grab a piece of fruit and fly away to eat it. The long teeth act like skewers, helping to prevent them from dropping it as they fly. From around 6 weeks of age the babies lose their milk teeth and these larger

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