Environment and Adaptations
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Environment:
The Giant-Golden Crowned Flying Fox's natural habitat is the Philipiens. The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox is a type of fruit bat. These fruit bats live in warm places, especially in the tropical rainforest biomes. These fruit bats are only discovered in the Philippines. The biggest groups are situated in Maitum in the province of Sarangani (6°02′N, 124°29′E). This is on the second largest island of the Philippines. The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox lives in rainforests and mountains of Sarangani, where there are lots of trees and water to be found. However, many of the trees that are the fruit bats' habitat are being cut down for lumber and land spaces. Also, these fruit bats are being hunted by the local people for food. The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox is endangered, and is in serious trouble of becoming extinct.
The Giant-Golden Crowned Flying Fox's natural habitat is the Philipiens. The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox is a type of fruit bat. These fruit bats live in warm places, especially in the tropical rainforest biomes. These fruit bats are only discovered in the Philippines. The biggest groups are situated in Maitum in the province of Sarangani (6°02′N, 124°29′E). This is on the second largest island of the Philippines. The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox lives in rainforests and mountains of Sarangani, where there are lots of trees and water to be found. However, many of the trees that are the fruit bats' habitat are being cut down for lumber and land spaces. Also, these fruit bats are being hunted by the local people for food. The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox is endangered, and is in serious trouble of becoming extinct.
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Adaptations:
Most fruit bats have large eyes, allowing them to orient visually in the twilight of dusk and inside of caves and forests. They have an excellent sense of smell. In contrast to other bats, fruit bats do not use echolocation (sonar by using high pitch clicks). Instead, fruit bats rely on and use their other senses. Fruit bats, like other bats, have long, webbed fingers that serve as wings. Fruit bats have teeth that are adapted to bite through hard fruits and have bear long tongues that are adapted to reach deep into the nectar of flowers.
Getting Food:
Fruit bats are frugivores (animal that feeds on fruits) or nectarivores (animal that feeds on sugar-rich nectar produced by flowering plants. Often the fruits are crushed and only the fruit juices are consumed.). Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Foxes travel in large colonies in search of food every night. They travel at least 40 kilometers just to find food. Their favorite food happens to be ripe figs. These frugivorous fruit bats help the distribution of plants (in larger scale, forests) by carrying the fruits with them and spitting the seed or eliminating them somewhere else. Nectarivores actually pollinate the flowering plants they take nectar from. The dispersion of seeds and pollination of plants make the fruit bats Extremly important in the forests. This relationship between plants and the fruit bats is a form of mutualism. Our forests are being endangered of forest loggings. If bats are endangered too, there would be limited seed dispersal in the forests.
Most fruit bats have large eyes, allowing them to orient visually in the twilight of dusk and inside of caves and forests. They have an excellent sense of smell. In contrast to other bats, fruit bats do not use echolocation (sonar by using high pitch clicks). Instead, fruit bats rely on and use their other senses. Fruit bats, like other bats, have long, webbed fingers that serve as wings. Fruit bats have teeth that are adapted to bite through hard fruits and have bear long tongues that are adapted to reach deep into the nectar of flowers.
Getting Food:
Fruit bats are frugivores (animal that feeds on fruits) or nectarivores (animal that feeds on sugar-rich nectar produced by flowering plants. Often the fruits are crushed and only the fruit juices are consumed.). Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Foxes travel in large colonies in search of food every night. They travel at least 40 kilometers just to find food. Their favorite food happens to be ripe figs. These frugivorous fruit bats help the distribution of plants (in larger scale, forests) by carrying the fruits with them and spitting the seed or eliminating them somewhere else. Nectarivores actually pollinate the flowering plants they take nectar from. The dispersion of seeds and pollination of plants make the fruit bats Extremly important in the forests. This relationship between plants and the fruit bats is a form of mutualism. Our forests are being endangered of forest loggings. If bats are endangered too, there would be limited seed dispersal in the forests.