Flying Foxes

My first afternoon walking down a central street in Cairns, I looked up in the trees to see what the tropical birds making the loud noises were. There are lots of unique species here, so close to the rainforest. But to my surprise, these creatures were not sitting in the trees, but HANGING. Apparently, a significant fruit bat colony calls this city home. They are quite large, a "megabat," compared to a North American variety I'd ever seen, and have a very furry, light reddish brown head and body. There were hundreds of them in 4 or 5 trees on the street.