Flying-foxes are more important than you think

Flying-fox sitting amongst the bottle brush trees. Photo by Brett Dolsen

Did you know that Australia's flying-foxes (native bats) are incredible pollen and seed spreaders who can travel 100km in one night?

And that without these bats spreading pollen and seeds we would face a future with no native forests and no habitat for all the animals that live in them, including koalas?

These are some of the Bat Facts

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