Flying foxes
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Search complete. 36 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Flying foxes".
Sep 4, 2026
YarePANELIST
Imagine rolling over and getting jumpscared by one this far from your face.
DrevianPANELIST
To be fair, like Flying Foxes, you have to be pretty far away before you lose features.
DrevianPANELIST
And they're still pretty cute up close.
YarePANELIST
Mm-hmm.
William OrshaniHOST
Yeah, like flying foxes are literally, they just look like puppies with wings.
William OrshaniHOST
Yes.
DrevianPANELIST
Anyway.
YariPANELIST
Imagine rolling over and getting jumpscared by one this far from your face.
DrevianPANELIST
To be fair, like Flying Foxes, you have to be pretty far away before you lose features.
DrevianPANELIST
And they're still pretty cute up close.
YariPANELIST
Mm-hmm.
William OrshaniHOST
Yeah, like flying foxes are literally, they just look like puppies with wings.
William OrshaniHOST
Yes.
DrevianPANELIST
Anyway.
TiffHOST
And this was from her Some Kind of Control album, which is just a fabulous album.
TiffHOST
And I'm going to play you a track called Under the Flying Foxes on the Last Night of Summer.
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TiffHOST
Just amazingly, yeah, gorgeous.
TiffHOST
Loving that voice.
TiffHOST
a songwriting as well I love that track of hers you know your stare was like a high beam and I got drunk on the shine but yeah that sparse arrangement as well just really insightful and honest songwriting recorded in Nashville and then before that we had Ruby Gill with um she brought out this album called Some Kind of Control and so many wonderful tracks off that and that's one of them um about the Flying Foxes.
TiffHOST
So, yeah, you're with TIFF on Indigo FM.
James DennisHOST
Hello and welcome to Zookeeping 101.
James DennisHOST
My name is James Dennis, I'm your host and presenter and today we go into the world of the bats and in particular it's the big one, it's the flying fox and I'm super excited for this one because we go on this journey with Tessa.
James DennisHOST
Welcome Tessa to the show.
Tessa McKelligetGUEST
Thank you so much for having me.
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James DennisHOST
I've held you back long enough, Tessa.
James DennisHOST
I think we dive into the heart of this episode and let your imagination, your enthusiasm for this species run wild.
James DennisHOST
The flying fox, you know, what makes them so cool?
Tessa McKelligetGUEST
I think flying foxes are getting a better reputation now, but people hear the word bat and they just cringe, you know, like, ooh, like dirty, vermin kind of thing.
Michael DulaneyGUEST
the
Nick BreezeHOST
really stunning parts of the book is the whole section on the flying foxes, these bats that exist and have existed for so long in all these cases of Australia.
Nick BreezeHOST
And you write about how they are codependent with these great forests, eating their seeds, spreading them over vast distances, growing their own population.
Nick BreezeHOST
And it really reads as if these foxes are a keystone species and helping to regulate the broader ecosystem.
Nick BreezeHOST
Can you talk about that balance of life that existed, especially before the encroachments that's been so massive by humans?
Michael DulaneyGUEST
You're referring to, you know, Australian flying foxes.
Michael DulaneyGUEST
There's several different species and they're fruit bats, so they're nectar feeders.
Michael DulaneyGUEST
So they migrate vast distances throughout the year following a blossoming of gum trees, of eucalyptus trees in Australia, on the east coast of Australia.
PhilPANELIST
There are jokes, messages, and shout-outs.
Suzy CatoHOST
And a cool story from Tonga, the flying foxes of Kolovai.
Suzy CatoHOST
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Trevor PlantHOST
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Trevor PlantHOST
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Trevor PlantHOST
This is Suzy and Friends with Suzy Kato.
Suzy CatoHOST
Soon we have Elisa here to tell us a story from Tonga called The Flying Foxes of Kolovai.
Suzy CatoHOST
But first, let's have a giggle with Lily, Austin, and Sophia.