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 🎥

An orphaned Grey-headed Flying-fox eating dinner! Did you know that flying foxes eat and drink upside down? As flying mammals, they’re very different to birds. They are much heavier and their weight and tendons don’t allow them to perch on branches so instead they hang upside down from the tree branch and simply ‘let go’ to start flying. | Wildlife Victoria