The Future does not look very good for bats!
Overheated flying foxes, panting and frantically fanning themselves with their wings, fell from the trees in New South Wales, Australia, six years ago. Up to 3,500 black and grey-headed flying foxes died on the ground beneath their roosts, victims, researchers believe, of heat waves that pushed temperatures to 108 degrees F (42º C). The Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox will have to adapt to these drastic climate changes. 1. It will probably lose all its fur, so that it doesn't get to hot. 2. It's gonna develop stronger muscles so that it can fan itself better, which will also improve its flying so that it can fly faster and doesn't have to stay in the heat, in the sky, under the sun, for such a long time. 3. One of the rather bad or inconvenient things that will happen is that with the climate rising, fruits will get softer. Therefore, the giant golden crowned flying fox won't need the strong jaw he now has. 4. Finally, it's going to develop better walking skills so that if it gets really hot it can travel while walking under the trees, and i can prove this with a National Geographic quote:,"Since the bats native habitat lacks predators and has a great climate increase, researchers reasoned that—much like flightless birds on isolated islands—the bat will adapt to its safer surroundings in part by walking. This means that year after year bats get better and stronger at whatever their doing. For fruit bats, their strength will get better, maybe they will even grow in SIZE!!!