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Mass starvation drives premature births in grey-headed flying foxes
Original: Mass starvation of grey-headed flying foxes and premature birth of pups * "Hundreds of grey-headed flying foxes have giv
Hundreds of grey-headed flying foxes have given birth prematurely across New South Wales after a suspected mass starvation event. Wildlife rescue volunteers in Australia have received more than 460 reports of malnourished flying foxes, with carers warning the species is under severe stress and pups are being born too weak to survive.
Why now: The mass birthing failure of a threatened Australian species is being read as another visible consequence of climate-driven food shortages.
grey-headed flying foxNew South WalesAustraliawildlife rescue volunteers
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