A total random and unexpected wildlife experience was staying on Chole Island, enjoying the sunset, when suddenly massive fruit bats began to fly towards us having come from across the bay. They ended up being Seychelles fruit bat or Seychelles flying fox (Pteropus seychellensis) and they were coming to the island to feed on the flowers of the Baobab trees. We were excited to follow them to a flowering tree and watch them crawl around the trees feasting on the nectar.
It was funny because when we arrived at the hotel, the proprietor told us that there were nine different types of bats on the island. As the sunset we began to see some small bats and thought there were probably several species of the small ones. So we were shocked when we saw the gigantic ones coming over the ocean. I think we were also pretty lucky to have the trees flowering now giving the bats an ample food source.
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