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Australia: Heatwave devastates flying fox colonies
2014-01-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Dead flying foxes have been falling from the sky in droves because of the heatwave sweeping south-east Queensland. Hundreds of thousands of the large bats may have died as temperatures soared to 43 degrees over the weekend, Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland (BCRQ) says. In Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, more than 1000 dead flying foxes had to be cleared from a single park on Saturday. The council has been issuing gloves and wheelie bins to residents and started daily rubbish collections...
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