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Grey-headed flying foxes are called an ‘umbrella species’, because so many plants and animals live under their work. Their job is forest building and they are a keystone species in the ecology of east coast forests.

More info 👇🏽 geg.org.au/mississippi-ck… If you care about Glossy-black Cockatoos in Victoria, please share this. ❤️ #GlossyBlackCockatoos #GunaiKurnaiCountry

The Food Threat: Glossy-black Cockatoos eat only the seeds from Black She-oaks 🌿🔥 Fire kills these trees. Even low-intensity burns cause seed to drop and the birds won’t eat from the ground #ProtectGlossies #GlossyBlackCockatoos #GunaiKurnaiCountry

@motorcymick @DanielT99875112 @humaneworldaus The best food for sustaining them on their epic nighttime journeys is the food they evolved with - the nectar and pollen of eucalypt, banksia, calistemon and native rainforest fruit. Exotic fruit takes a lot of energy for them to process and doesn’t have the necessary protein

@DanielT99875112 @FriendsBats @humaneworldaus Literal angels 😍 Maybe plant more fruit trees for their growing population? 🤗

🦇A motion will soon be debated in QLD Parliament to try to restore the shooting phase out. Sign the action now and call on MPs to vote in favour of protecting flying foxes bit.ly/4l91xC7 @humaneworldaus

@motorcymick @DanielT99875112 @humaneworldaus The best food for sustaining them on their epic nighttime journeys is the food they evolved with - the nectar and pollen of eucalypt, banksia calistemon and native rainforest fruit. Exotic fruit takes a lot of energy for them to process and doesn’t have the necessary protein

"After four years since their installation none of the Gang-gang nest boxes have been used by any bird species. We now understand Gang-gangs will not use artificial nest boxes. The future of endangered Gang-gangs depends on large old hollow trees" 📷 avithera.blogspot.com/2026/03/gang-g…

@yarramanbully @MaraCastelletti @no_filter_Yamba @humaneworldaus koalas need same the trees too! That’s a connection

@FriendsBats @MaraCastelletti @no_filter_Yamba @humaneworldaus Thanks for your information, was aware of Dr Halls lifetime of research, the interspecies evolution is very interesting 🦇🌳. Is there any theory or suggestion that Koala populations equate with this ie 🦇🌳🐨#Habitats.?

@Cat_Kapow @humaneworldaus Thankyou!!

@FriendsBats @humaneworldaus 🖊️💔🦇 Signed

@yarramanbully @MaraCastelletti @no_filter_Yamba @humaneworldaus Dr Les Hall spent a lifetime researching bats 🦇 and had a theory that GHFF and east coast eucalypts co-evolved in a 50-million year story of interspecies evolution

@yarramanbully @MaraCastelletti @no_filter_Yamba @humaneworldaus Over 100 east coast trees and shrubs rely on them for effective pollination. Most eucalypts produce most of their nectar and pollen at night to attract the best pollinator. GHFF fur grows in such a way that pollen attaches to it with outstanding success

🦇 Grey-headed flying foxes are one mobile colony from from Meanjin to Kaurna Country. Performing essential pollination services travelling & feeding on nectar, pollen and rainforest fruit of east coast forests. Send an urgent email details on the link 👉🏽 animalsaustralia.org/our-work/wildl…

🦇 One mobile colony. From Meanjin to Kaurna Country. The last of the great mammal migrations 🦇 Let than sink in and send an urgent email. Details on the link 👉🏽 animalsaustralia.org/our-work/wildl…

🦇 Please send an email all the details on the link animalsaustralia.org/our-work/wildl…

🦇 Please send an email all the details on the link animalsaustralia.org/our-work/wildl…

🔥🔥🔥 themonthly.com.au/march-2026/ess…

There are 1000s of Grey headed flying foxes in Orbost right now - the beautiful southern mahoganies, that grow there are flowering. Most eucalypts only truly open their flowers and produce most of their nectar at night to attract the long-distance night-time pollinator

“Flying foxes are entering an extinction vortex, where threats compound upon each other, populations correspondingly dwindle and finally, species are extinguished – forever.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…