Holy Flying-Foxes Batman....

A few weeks ago my husband and I decided to do our cardio walking when he got home from work. There are not many sidewalks or footpaths as they're called here, so you basically need to walk in the street. We were walking around the streets that were decently lit up. We love walking along the Kedron Brook Bikeway but there are no lighted paths, so that's out of the question. Being that this is a subtropical area, there are a decent amount of bats in the around. We were walking and one came swooping down out of the tree, scared the shit out of me and I wound up running down to the next corner. They make screeching noises and I just hate them. There are many varieties of bats here in Queensland, Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bats, Norther Blossom Bat, Little Northern Freetail Bat, Lesser Long-eared bat, Large Bent-wing Bat, Greater Long-eared Bat, Ghost Bat, Eastern Tube-nosed Bat, Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat, Common Sheath-tail Bat, Common Blossom Bat, Coastal Sheathtail Bat, Black Flying-fox, Beccan's Freetail Bat and Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat. Yuck, yuck and more yuck. The ones I saw were decently large and black with a total wingspan of about 2 feet. Like I said I ran like hell. When we were on our honeymoon up in Port Douglas we saw a whole swarm of flying foxes darkening a certain section of the sky, made me feel uneasy while were in the swimming pool at dusk. Normally they don't bother people, but I've heard that they love to hang out in Palm Trees, so now I know when it's time for us to buy our own house, we will make sure there are no Palm Trees on our property.