Strobe lights and black outs: Australian power companies seek to reduce bat electrocutions
by Adeshola Ore from on (#6MQER)
Loss of habitat and food sources driving fruit bats closer to urban centres, leading to bat deaths, power outages
It's an increasingly frequent occurrence on Australia's east coast - a fruit bat foraging for food lands on a power line to rest.
The flying fox (as it's also known), spreading its wings before taking flight, touches a second power line and is electrocuted.
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