Who are the flying foxes?Where do they live, what to eat, what to include family?In this article, we will reply to questions.The fauna is very interesting people, they are constantly watching him.
Appearance
flying fox - a huge bats belonging to the family of fruit bats.These animals love to eat flowers and fruits, more precisely, their juice and pulp.Flying fox grow up to forty centimeters - for mice is very large.Swipe one wing reaches one and a half meters.Appearance Javanese Calonge (also known as flying foxes) pretty awesome.They have a small pointed snout, tail and ears of the little animal.
In nature, there are more than fifty-five species of Calonge.Flying fox, or rather their muzzle, very similar to a fox or a dog.These animals live in Oceania and in Madagascar, South and East Asia, Australia and New Guinea.In Latin, the name of the flying foxes also sounds a bit intimidating - pteropus.But in fact, this cute creatures that eat meat are not.
similarity with other animals
Calonge (or Large flying fox) among all other types of fruit bats is the largest.Color black trunk, head and neck red color.As the body grows rare slimy fur.
Calonge and red cheat are very similar not only muzzles.These animals are well developed hearing.That it helps them to find the right food.Also flying foxes slightly resemble bats: leather wings and an active lifestyle at night.
Calonge do not eat meat, but only fruit juice and pulp.This is the main difference between them and the bats.This seemingly intimidating animal is a vegetarian.Also, the flying foxes there are no echolocation devices.Calonge ancestors have had something like this, they make sounds to be easy to navigate at night.
flying foxes live in large flocks in the same place.If the animal will not be disturbed, and there they will stay for many years.Usually Calonge like to live in the dense forests, but still they can be found in the mountains, at an altitude of thousands of meters above sea level.
Agility animal
large flying fox in the daytime usually rests.She clings to the branches of trees paws and sleep or just sit idle.Calonge can also be arranged in a hollow or a cave, gripping the rough wall.His body he covers large wings, as if hiding a blanket.Sometimes flying foxes gets very hot (in summer).But intelligent animals fanning himself with his huge wings, creating themselves a breeze.
During the night "hunting" flying foxes also show all his dexterity and prytkost.Right on the fly is trying to disrupt the animal seen from afar fruit.But usually only one paw fruit bats cling to a tree branch and a second tear fruit.At first, Fox put it in his mouth, then crush, suck the juice and eat away part of the flesh.All that remains of the fruit Calonge spit down on the ground.
fruit bats can be called as an assistant, and the nature of pests.The positive is that the flying foxes spread seeds.But the negative can be called coating damage fruit trees, and even the whole plantation.
benefits of flying foxes
multiply Calonge in early spring (March-April).The female bears cubs for about seven months.When flying fox fruit bat gives birth to a little, then immediately takes it with him for the first time.Only when the baby becomes independent (about two to three months), his mother leaves on a branch, and she flies off for a meal.
Recently, large flying fox is listed in the IUCN Red List.At the same time Krylgan is not an endangered species, and stable."Flying Fox", "Mouse fruit", "Flying Fox" - all names of these animals vegetarian.
flying foxes have the nature of the teeth are very interesting, they are specially sharpened for eating fruits and leaves.Local farmers appreciate flying foxes, they help people.Mice pollinate wild and cultivated plants, and the people living by selling fruit, because gladly meet these funny animals in their gardens.
Exotic animal in Russia
Recently, the Russian population the opportunity to look at the huge fruit bat in the exhibition of the Nizhny Novgorod Exotarium.Take a look at the unusual exotic animals wish so many people.After all, this exhibition is the only one where you can see the flying foxes.
In exotarium Calonge to try to create the most comfortable conditions for staying.Spacious room for the first time should be such as to animal could not fly.So it is easier to train employees exotarium flying fox to the people, and just take care of her.While at the Nizhny Novgorod exhibition you can see a female by the name of the Tanakh, but soon she will not be alone.
