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Heatwaves are killing India’s fruit bats, crucial to pollination and seed dispersal
Hundreds of Indian flying foxes (Pteropus medius formerly Pteropus giganteus), large fruit-eating bats, dropped dead in droves in the northern states of India due to intense heatwaves. In Rajasthan, where temperatures soared over 45 degrees celsius in May, …