Re: fruitbats (wasRe: Butterflies)

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005, 22:21 CET, Roger Mills wrote:

 > Rodlox wrote:
[snip]
 >> they're also known as Flying Foxes (though they aren't
 >> related to
 >> foxes...aside from both being mammals)
 >
 > Right-- they are quite large, at least like a very big
 > housecat with wings;
 > they have a very dog-like (well, fox-like) face, with a
 > longish snout, dark
 > brownish fur.....at least the ones I saw in Indonesia.
 > They seem very
 > social, hang around in treetops, and make a dreadful
 > racket. The ones I saw
 > were in the daytime and seemed quite active, but I don't
 > know whether
 > they're also nocturnal, like real bats.

I guess that's the critters called "Flughunde" ("flying
dogs") in German.

Carsten

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