Publication Date February 9, 2017 | ABC News

Flying foxes dropping dead in South Australia's heatwave

Australia
Ecologists say flying foxes with heat stress often cluster together and can suffocate each other. Photo: Kim Robertson, ABC News
Ecologists say flying foxes with heat stress often cluster together and can suffocate each other. Photo: Kim Robertson, ABC News

More than 100 flying foxes in Adelaide's Botanic Park have been found dead in what ecologists say is a devastating result of the heatwave that has hit South Australia.