Grey Headed Flying Foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus. There is a juvenile tucked under the wing of the mother

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There is a juvenile tucked under the wing of the mother and she is flapping the wing rapidly to cool her baby. The mother is yawning and her pink tongue is poking out. These bats are endemic to eastern Australia and declining numbers have caused them to be listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Location: Bellingen Island, Bellingen, east coast NSW, Australia
Photo credit: © cbstockfoto / Alamy / Afripics
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