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Flying foxes dropping dead in South Australia's heatwave

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Ecologists say flying foxes with heat stress often cluster together and can suffocate each other. Photo: Kim Robertson, ABC News

More than 100 flying foxes in Adelaide's Botanic Park have been found dead in what ecologists say is a devastating result of the heatwave that has hit South Australia.

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