The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a beautiful yet incredibly misunderstood social mammal crucial to Australia's ecosystems. 🦇 Spending their days literally hanging about, the grey-headed flying-fox springs into action during night hours, flying up to 50km and pollinating native plants as they forage. Head to Parramatta in Sydney to see where one of Australia’s top pollinators hangs out and how #SavingOurSpecies is working to protect them: youtube.com/watch?v=JC1PD_W5zaY 🎥

Most Australian flying-fox species have specific and predictable birthing seasons but we are starting to see more and more infants born out of season. Grey-headed, Black and Spectacled flying-foxes generally give birth between October and December but we have had many March born Greys coming into care this year. We age flying-foxes by their forearm length (which continues to grow throughout their lives) and this measurement provides an accurate indication of age. Interestingly, there are reports