Rodrigues flying fox Rodrigues flying fox The Rodrigues flying fox or Rodrigues fruit bat ("Pteropus rodricensis") is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, the flying foxes or fruit bats. It is endemic to Rodrigues, an island in the Indian Ocean belonging to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is tropical lowland forests. The bats are sociable, roost in large groups during the day and feed at night, squeezing the juice and flesh out of fruits. They are hunted by humans for food and their numbers have been dwindling, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the species as being "endangered".
The Young Flying Fox The Young Flying Fox The Young Flying Fox is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). The novel was first serialised in Hong Kong in 1960 in the magazine "Wuxia and History" (武俠與歷史). The novel is a prequel to "Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain" and was written a year after its literary predecessor. The story is set in the Qing dynasty during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor ( 1735–1796). The protagonist, Hu Fei, is a young martial artist who was raised by Ping A'si after the death of his father, Hu Yidao. While travelling around the land