Fruit-bats Sentence Examples

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  • The coloration is generally sombre, but to this there are exceptions; the fruit-bats are brownish yellow or russet on the under surface; two South American species are white; Blainville's chin-leafed bat is bright orange; and the Indian painted bat (Cerivoula pieta) with its deep orange dress, spotted with black on the wing-membranes, has reminded observers of a large butterfly.

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  • The large fruit bats (Pteropus) occur in immense colonies, and are sometimes eaten by the natives.

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  • Why not take a trip to see to our Livingstone's fruit bats and Asiatic lions who both have newly improved enclosures this year?

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