Indian flying fox the Indian government classifying bats as vermin in the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, the Indian flying fox is sacred in India. In the Puliangulam village in India, a banyan tree in the middle of local agriculture fields is home to a colony of 500 Indian flying foxes. The bats are protected by the local spirit "Muniyandi", and the villagers make offerings of bananas and rice to the spirit and the bats. Indian flying fox The Indian flying fox ("Pteropus giganteus"), also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, is a species of flying fox found in South Asia. It is
HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment) HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment) HMS "Flying Fox" is a Royal Naval Reserve unit located in Bristol, England. Training over 100 reservists on Thursday evenings in Bristol, "Flying Fox" serves Bristol, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. Bristol Division was one of the five divisions of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve formed in 1903. After the First World War the division was reformed and a new drill ship, the 24-class sloop , was berthed at Bristol in 1924. Renamed Severn Division after the Second World War, HMS "Flying Fox" moved ashore to its present HQ in 1972. The ship itself