Hi Bob!

Your wildlife photos are a real treat :) I usually save them because
they're just so interesting and what a variety. Wow! Those things really do look
like they have the head of a fox. Thanks for sharing :)


John V.


--- In Boomerang_Talk@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Burwell" <bob_burwell@...> wrote:
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> Good Day All
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> Not all flying foxes are killed by Boomerangs.
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> Attached are a couple of photos of a Powerful Owl holding one for a meal.
> The powerful owl is 600mm in size, 2feet from top to bottom. In Australia
> many table tops are 600mm from the floor.
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> Many flying foxes die when they try to use overhead bare copper
> electric cables as a climbing platform.
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> The young are attached to the belly side of mum when they go out
> to forage.
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> Some do carry diseases that are fatal to humans. They do
> enormous damage to fruit crops, but are a protected species.
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> I appreciate the boomerang links to Utube.
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> A few years ago a TV documentary crew fitted me with a camera, that was
> mounted on my head. The resulting video was just as the thrower sees the
> flight.
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> Bob Burwell Brisbane Australia.
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> PS I drove past the Flying fox colony today.
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