Photo 20505492, (c) Peter Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Vos

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What

Common Straw-coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum ssp. helvum)

Observer

bushboy

Date

June 18, 2015

Description

Double tragedy


Found on fairway 20m + from nearest tree during dog-walk.
Body length: 12cm. Appeared pregnant. Massive trauma to head and neck, consistent with Vervet Monk attack on birds. But no apparent attempt to feed off her. And why was she dumped in the middle of the fairway?
Because of small size, assumed she was strangely-coloured Epauletted Fruit, but Bat Group and Durban Nat History Museum, who have her remains, confirm she was an Eidolon helvum.
And that she was pregnant.

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