First I saw a few on the island of Maldives, then a few on one tree in Kandy around Kandy Lake. Then came the mother load of those fruit bats hanging from several big canopy trees at the southeast corner of Tissa Lake, about 100 meters from the Rain Tree Hotel we stayed. Many big birds like Grey Heron, Asian Darter, and Cormorant also shared the trees.
Before the night fall, dozens of birds would fly back to the trees to roost, while the bats would leave by the hundreds to hunter for fruits. We heard some of the bats made big damage on Sri Lanka's cashew production by knocking down the flowers.
This is the first time I got to see these so called "flying fox". They are the biggest in size among bat. As they changed position in the daytime, I got to take these photos. And I finally realized the movie images of Batman were all taken from the real world bats.
This photo shows the relative size of the bat. Grey Heron, one of the largest birds on top of the tree with the fruit bats hanging below.
Before the night fall, dozens of birds would fly back to the trees to roost, while the bats would leave by the hundreds to hunter for fruits. We heard some of the bats made big damage on Sri Lanka's cashew production by knocking down the flowers.
This is the first time I got to see these so called "flying fox". They are the biggest in size among bat. As they changed position in the daytime, I got to take these photos. And I finally realized the movie images of Batman were all taken from the real world bats.
This photo shows the relative size of the bat. Grey Heron, one of the largest birds on top of the tree with the fruit bats hanging below.
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