These are giant fruit bats that are nesting in an area next to the golf course here on camp. They "hang" around and sleep all day and then about 6:15 PM they all start to take off and head into the jungle in search of any fruit that is in season. They are HUGE! Their wing span can be over 5 feet and when they fly over our house each evening they remind us of the flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz."
They must have a migrating pattern as we did not see them last year at all. Some of the others who were here two years ago say they saw them about this time of year also. We are assuming it is a two year cycle. Regardless it is a pretty amazing site seeing these gigantic creatures up close in the wild.
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WOW!! Never knew such things existed--how cool.
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