During the day, flying foxes stay in large, sometimes noisy colonies. As night approaches they leave to feed on fruiting or flowering trees, often hundreds of them can be seen as silhouettes in the dusk sky.
The sounds made by flying foxes generally consist of squealing, shrieking and cackling calls as they squabble at a feeding tree. In flight, their large, leathery wings make a distinctive heavy, flapping sound.
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