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During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43??in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and less exposed, Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) descend from the safety of the tree canopy looking for a cooler place. Ironically and sadly, this behaviour results in what experts call ?clumping? - where the number of bats in close proximity means that the animals get even hotter. It is often a precursor to mass deaths. On the ground there were already many dead bats that had succumb to this heat-stress event. Yarra Bend Golf course, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. December, 2019. Wildscreen Panda Awards 2022 - Finalist - Photo Story Award. Awarded in the Behaviour: Mammals category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021.
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