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Blind Bella  Left sightless from a car accident, Blind Bella is a black Flying-fox at the 'Australian Bat Clinic'. First arriving as a patient, she is now employed there as a full-time surrogate mother. Though she will never fly again, Bella is not euthanised because she assists the clinic by actively raising 2-3 orphaned baby bats each year. Often incorrectly assumed blind, Flying-foxes have better eyesight than a human during the day and a cat at night.  Australia,Australian Bat Clinic,Bat,Black Flying-fox,Blind,Geotagged,Pteropus alecto,black flying fox,flying fox Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Blind Bella

Left sightless from a car accident, Blind Bella is a black Flying-fox at the 'Australian Bat Clinic'. First arriving as a patient, she is now employed there as a full-time surrogate mother. Though she will never fly again, Bella is not euthanised because she assists the clinic by actively raising 2-3 orphaned baby bats each year. Often incorrectly assumed blind, Flying-foxes have better eyesight than a human during the day and a cat at night.

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  1. I'm glad you cleared that up, I too was assuming they would have poor eye sight. Posted 11 years ago
  2. What a lovely story and thanks for the eyesight info too, interesting! Posted 11 years ago
    1. Why yes, it is the insect-eating, cave dwelling microbats who use echolocation to navigate and hunt Posted 11 years ago

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The Black Flying-Fox, ''Pteropus alecto'', is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae. Members of the genus ''Pteropus'' include the largest bats in the world. The ''Pteropus'' genus has currently about 57 recognised species. The genus is primarily an island taxon, with 55 species having some or all of their distribution on islands.

Similar species: Bats
Species identified by stevendershankar
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Uploaded Apr 11, 2014. Captured in 54 Monaco Street, Broadbeach Waters QLD 4218, Australia.