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Fruit Bats - Mom & Youngster

Scientific name: Pteropus vampyrus
Order: Chiroptera

Also called Megabat, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes

Fruit bats are eat fruits or lick nectar from flowers. Often the fruits are crushed and only the juices consumed. The teeth are adapted to bite through hard fruit skins. Large fruit bats must land in order to eat fruit, while the smaller species are able to hover with flapping wings in front of a flower or fruit.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
With Canon 1.4x TC, 1/100s f/4.5 at 130mm iso800 with Flash, AI Servo hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time08-Jun-2003 12:25:44
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length130 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias-1.00
White Balance (21)
Metering Mode (-1)
JPEG Quality (3)
Exposure Programshutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

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idoarts 29-Aug-2003 04:03
What a beautiful image!