#spectacled flying flox

[mytardisisparked]

I would love a bat assignment please

(Also, hope you are doing well! Sorry we haven’t chatted in a while)

Happy Bat Week! I am doing well! I hope you are too! Would love to catch up soon ❤️

Your bat is the Spectacled Flying Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)!

This bat ranges in Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. It's a fruit bat, which means it's an important part of seed dispersal and fertilization. It is nocturnal, so it prefers lighter-colored fruits that are easier to see in the dark. They tend to hang out in single-sex roosts until breeding season, where they divide up into mating groups, wherein 1 male usually defends 1-2 females. They mate once a year and usually have 1 pup at a time. They're also really smart, as evidenced by their built-in glasses.