Media Name:
Little Red Flying Fox (Pteropus scapulatus), Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Description:
A female little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus ) normally hangs upside down in a large camp of flying fox in the Northern Territory’s Nitmiluk National Park. When she needs to defecate, she hangs right side up by her thumbs so as not to soil herself or her baby.