fruit bat
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A type of bat that primarily eats fruit.
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- The fruit bat is a crucial pollinator in tropical ecosystems.
- We watched a large fruit bat hanging upside down from the mango tree.
- Unlike its insect-eating relatives, the fruit bat has excellent vision.
- A colony of fruit bats can consume tons of fruit in a single night.
- Did you know that the giant golden-crowned flying fox is a species of fruit bat?
- A fruit bat does not use echolocation to find its food; it relies on its sense of smell.
- Researchers will be studying the migration patterns of the Egyptian fruit bat.
- The documentary showed how a fruit bat carefully selected the ripest fig.
- The fruit bat's wingspan can be surprisingly large.
- Local farmers consider the fruit bat both a pest and a vital seed disperser.