{"id":3426,"date":"2015-01-17T18:28:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:12:40","slug":"cairns-australia-the-problem-with-flying-foxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3426","title":{"rendered":"Cairns, Australia:  &#8220;The Problem with Flying Foxes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were walking through downtown Cairns, a coastal tourist-y town and Barrier Reef jumping-off point in northeastern Australia, when we heard this odd &#8220;shrieking&#8221; sound. &nbsp;We realized it was coming from a group of large trees with metal barriers around them. &nbsp;There was a strong, sweet fruity smell in the air. &nbsp;Looking up at the trees, we realized what was making the sound&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Problem With Flying Foxes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HY-wkmvrR5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Understandably, the proprietors (and guests) of a nearby hotel are frustrated with the situation. &nbsp;It&#8217;s a complex situation. &nbsp;But I&#8217;m not sure that cutting down the (majestic and beautiful in their own right) the massive trees in which they roost, and simply hoping they&#8217;ll find another place, is the best solution either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more about this issue? &nbsp;The people working to save the animals have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flyingfoxforum\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page.<\/a>&nbsp; Or you can check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildlifetourism.org.au\/flying-foxes-in-cairns\/\" target=\"_blank\">article on Australia Wildlife Tourism.<\/a>&nbsp; Or this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cairnspost.com.au\/news\/bats-dispersed-cairns-regional-council-claims-victory-over-flying-foxes-but-where-did-they-go\/story-fnjpvlcp-1226909737330\" target=\"_blank\">local news article.<\/a>&nbsp; Or this <a href=\"http:\/\/cafnec.org.au\/what-we-do\/wildlife-issues\/bats\/\" target=\"_blank\">summary by an environmental advocacy group.<\/a>&nbsp; Or this photo essay on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/local\/photos\/2014\/04\/29\/3994163.htm\" target=\"_blank\">protests which took place in May 2014.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were walking through downtown Cairns, a coastal tourist-y town and Barrier Reef jumping-off point in northeastern Australia, when we heard this odd &#8220;shrieking&#8221; sound. &nbsp;We realized it was coming from a group of large trees with metal barriers around them. &nbsp;There was a strong, sweet fruity smell in the air. &nbsp;Looking up at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1518],"tags":[1799,1524,1519,1520,1522,1525,1523,1521],"class_list":["post-3426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","tag-australia","tag-bats","tag-cairns","tag-environment","tag-flying-foxes","tag-fruit-bats","tag-spectacled","tag-wildlife-tourism"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10175,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426\/revisions\/10175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}