BatPod is a choose your own adventure series for ages 10 to 15 where you get to call the shots.
Here on the Sunshine Coast, we live in one of the most beautiful parts of the planet and we get to share it with some amazing creatures. Sometimes it can be hard living near them – take flying foxes for example. These animals are vital to our environment but they can be noisy, smelly and messy neighbours.
You're invited to join Tyron, and our team at Sunshine Coast Council, to try and problem solve ways to live alongside these animals peacefully.
Proudly created by Sunshine Coast Council for our community. Voiced by Tyron de Kauwe, Uncle Lyndon Davis, Uncle BJ Murphy, Sarah Jones, Monika O’Hanlon. Produced by Monika O’Hanlon.
Learn more about ways to live peacefully with flying foxes at sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/flyingfoxes.
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BatPod is a choose your own adventure series for ages 10 to 15 where you get to call the shots.
Here on the Sunshine Coast, we live in one of the most beautiful parts of the planet and we get to share it with some amazing creatures. Sometimes it can be hard living near them – take flying foxes for example. These animals are vital to our environment but they can be noisy, smelly and messy neighbours.
You're invited to join Tyron, and our team at Sunshine Coast Council, to try and problem solve ways to live alongside these animals peacefully.
Proudly created by Sunshine Coast Council for our community. Voiced by Tyron de Kauwe, Uncle Lyndon Davis, Uncle BJ Murphy, Sarah Jones, Monika O’Hanlon. Produced by Monika O’Hanlon.
Learn more about ways to live peacefully with flying foxes at sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/flyingfoxes.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pop quiz answers
1. What are two other common names for flying-foxes?
Bats, fruit bats
2. What’s the words for flying-fox in Kabi Kabi and Jinibara language?
Kabi Kabi - Garrimundi, Girrimundi or Currimundi
Jinbara - Bar bar.
3. What’s the name of an area on the Sunshine Coast which means Place of flying-fox?
Currimundi.
4. What are three things about flying-foxes which can make them difficult neighbours?
They can be smelly, noisy, and messy.
5. What are the two main roles flying-foxes play in the eco-system?
Pollination and seed dispersal.
6. How many seeds can one flying-fox disperse over a single night?
Up to 60,000.
7. How far can a flying-fox fly in one night searching for food?
50km.
8. What does the dispersal method involve?
Using things such as smoke, loud noises and bright lights at dawn to scare flying-foxes away.
9. Why are flying-foxes living increasingly closer to houses?
10. What are three positives of creating a buffer to separate flying-foxes and people?
11. If you find a sick or injured flying-fox, what should you do?
Do NOT touch it. Tell an adult. And call the RSPCA – 1300 ANIMAL.
Sunshine Coast Council has plenty of flying-fox resources if you’d like to learn more about flying-foxes.
Thanks for listening! Please share our adventure with your friends.
Voiced by
Tyron de Kauwe
Uncle Lyndon Davis
Uncle BJ Murphy
Sarah Jones
Monika O’Hanlon
Produced by
Monika O’Hanlon
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.