Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer : environment@aussie.zone

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/environment@aussie.zone

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Thousands of flying foxes have perished in the heatwave that scorched south-east Australia last week, the largest mass mortality event for flying foxes since black summer.

Sucks to be native animal in Australia, having some of the worst outcomes for species extinction of any country on the planet

oh well

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[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

I find this upsetting. I don't have anything new to say about it though. We all know what needs to be done already. And we know that we're going to be seeing the overarching slow-motion disaster ramp up for years to come.

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[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago

More deaths in NSW this time, here

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-13/hundreds-of-flying-foxes-die-in-east-coast-heatwave/106223198

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 point 10 months ago

That sucks. In support of our fruit loving flyers, I have to post one of my favourite videos:

Flying fox rave party.