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11 November 2022

Hunting the Dark Night

Sunday 1 September 2019 | Written by Cameron Scott | Published in Weekend

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Hunting the Dark Night
A close-up of a Pacific fruit bat, known in the Cook Islands as moakirikiri (“gravel fowl”). GERALD MCCORMACK / NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST 19083005

Bat connoisseurs love the pungent smell of the flying rodent, but their traditional hunting season is under challenge from environmentalists concerned the South Pacific fruit bat is now seriously endangered.

Bat connoisseurs love the pungent smell of the flying rodent, but their traditional hunting season is under challenge from environmentalists concerned the South Pacific fruit bat is now seriously endangered.


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