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Giant fruit bat
©2002 (Photograph by L. Heaney)

Captive breeding of endangered species of giant fruit bats, and other species provides important opportunities for public education, but protection of natural habitat remains the only hope for the great majority of endangered species. Photograph taken at Silliman University, Dumaguete City.




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