Reflecting back, we really enjoyed watching the huge Tongan Flying Fox, a giant bat that often flies in the day time. We would hear them chattering and crying like little puppies.
Like most species of bat, this flying fox roosts in colonies high up, but this one in the jungle canopy. Our drone video shows a large group right near our boat, in the Neiafu anchorage, keeping us all well entertained. These bats favor lowland forests, cliffs, islets, and swampy areas. Tongan Flying foxes eat fruit, pollen and nectar. I have seen them flying around the mango and orange trees in late afternoons all around the bays of Vava’u.
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