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A flying fox that navigates by smell and sight, not sonar, because it never needed to be humble.
means A large, fox-faced bat found mainly in warm regions of the Old World, roosting in daytime camps by the hundreds and flying out at dusk to feed on fruit, nectar, and pollen.
from The group's scientific name, Megachiroptera, comes from Greek mega 'large' and cheir 'hand' plus pteron 'wing' — the same 'hand-wing' logic behind 'chiropteran' for bats generally, since a bat's wing is really an elongated, webbed hand. 'Fruit bat' itself is a plain, functional English label — no twist, just a description earned by diet, distinguishing these bats from their smaller, insect-hunting, echolocating cousins.
- echolocation
- skips it entirely, relies on huge eyes instead
- wingspan
- some species stretch over five feet wide
- ecology role
- pollinates durian and spreads fig seeds nightly
- size range
- smallest weighs less than a chocolate bar