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Lyle's Fruit Bats (Pteropus lylei)

The Temple of Doom - I mean, Bats

May 16th 2017
For my first day in Bangkok I went to see some bats. I had recently discovered that outside Bangkok in the nearly-impossible-to-pronounce town of Chachoengsao there is a Buddhist temple called Wat Pho Bang Khla which is home to a large colony of Lyle's fruit bats. I have seen this species before at Siem Reap in Cambodia (in 2006 and then again this February) but I thought it would be a good plan t ... read more
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I live in New Zealand. I started this blog when going on a 2006 trip through southeast Asia for three months to see the wildlife. Since then I've been on more trips through NZ, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia and back to Asia a few times looking for animals. Anyone who is not interested in animals and who thinks nature is a waste of space shouldn't be reading this blog. Go back to your bars and your temples and your massage parlours; the kind of birds I'm contemplating would not excite you. ... full info
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