“Researchers calculated that the flying foxes were responsible for the creation of more than 91 million trees, a majority of them eucalypts. For Australia’s economy, that means somewhere in the range of $195 million to $673 million per year contributed by the bats.”

“The researchers coined the term “the bat ripple effect” to describe the flying foxes’ impact across multiple ecosystems as they travel hundreds of miles in a few days.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/science/flying-foxes-australia-economy.html
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