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What you see is 100%.

This giant Bat is called the Giant Golden Crowned flying fox also known as the golden-capped fruit bat; the bird is an extremely large bat (largest  in the world) and can only be found in Philippine.

Image source: thecollectiveint.com

The bat can reach up to 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) in weight and 1.7 m (5.6 ft) in wingspan.

The species is endangered and is currently facing the possibility of
extinction because of the incessant poaching and forest destruction.

The one in the video below was captured in Philippine sometime ago by locals.




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Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.

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