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How fast do flying-foxes fly?

April 26, 2017fast fly flying-foxes

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How fast do flying-foxes fly?

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Grey-headed Flying-foxes fly about 25 -30 km per hour. Some were observed in a wind tunnel where their average flight speed for distance travelling was recorded as 7m per second (25 km/hr). In the wind tunnel test a grey-headed flying-fox maintained a speed of 26 km/hr for 4 hours. Carpenter R E (1985) Flight physiology of flying foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus Journal of Experimental Biology, 114 pp 619 – 47. Flying-foxes also use the wind to travel long distances and have been recorded at speeds of 50 km per hour.