ATemlos - Wenn der Sommer Flughunden die Luft nimmt.

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The wildfires that haunted Australia in December 2019 caused the death of about 4,500 grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) within only three days in Yarra Bend Park. This equals 15% ofthe size ofthe colony. Other regions were affected even more severely. Often, not flames but high temperatures and dehydration caused death.