Home Australia: Heatwave devastates flying fox colonies
 

Keywords :   


Australia: Heatwave devastates flying fox colonies

2014-01-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AAP: Dead flying foxes have been falling from the sky in droves because of the heatwave sweeping south-east Queensland. Hundreds of thousands of the large bats may have died as temperatures soared to 43 degrees over the weekend, Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland (BCRQ) says. In Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, more than 1000 dead flying foxes had to be cleared from a single park on Saturday. The council has been issuing gloves and wheelie bins to residents and started daily rubbish collections...

Tags: australia fox flying colonies

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news

»
23.11()PC-88015\"2D
23.11180&100m
23.11kenG
23.11ps3 CECH-4300C HDMI500
23.11 UNDERTALE PIANO SCORE
23.11MM6 BM11-SEC3 LC
23.11
23.11Blu-ray
More »