Emergences

Straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying between tree roosts in Kasanka National Park in 2003. This colony was then already facing a shortage of feeding and roosting sites. These bats spread thousands of tons of seeds nightly, covering enormous expanses during seasonal migrations. The value of their ecoservices is almost unimaginable.

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Straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying between tree roosts in Kasanka National Park in 2003. This colony was then already facing a shortage of feeding and roosting sites. These bats spread thousands of tons of seeds nightly, covering enormous expanses during seasonal migrations. The value of their ecoservices is almost unimaginable.

2003 Africa Founder's Circle Founder's Circle Trip Kasanka Kasanka National Park Pteropodidae Zambia bat bats in tree emergence

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Emergences