Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1920 — Flying Fox Australian Pest. [ARTICLE]

Flying Fox Australian Pest.

The flying fox has appeared in South Australia as a new fruit pest. Farmers have killed quite a number of these creatures. A correspondent at Port Wakefield writes: “This morning some crows, while marauding amongst the brushes near the rifle target, put up a flying fox, which took a direct course for the river, about a mile distant. The crows followed, but when the fox looped the loop amongst them thev quickly flew in another direction. The flying fox appeared to be nearly 3 feet wide across the wings, .It had a fair amount of speed on the wing and much i-esembled a bat.” The flying fox, so-called because of Its., foxshaped head, has been previously found In other parts of Australia and is sometimes known as the fruit bat.