Flying Foresters. What has the face of a fox, flies at night, can have a wing-span of over a metre and eats fruit? The answer is the fruit bat, a beautiful mammal that is getting ever rarer. But these are animals we literally cannot afford to lose, because they make millions of dollars for man by pollinating his fruit and trees. And if destroyed rainforests are ever to grow again, it will be fruit bats which plant the seeds. Narrated by David Attenborough. Director Miles Barton Producer Mike Beynon ● STEREO
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
● BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: February issue includes an article on fruit bats: on sale from Wednesday, £ 1.75 from newsagents.
● NATURE: page 13