Pictures from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney. Kat and I happened to wander through this place. The wild bats that live there were astounding.

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We checked out the Tropical Centre.

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All sorts of funny plants.

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A pineapple!

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Outside, we started to notice dark things hanging in the trees.

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They were all over the place.

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Turns out they're bats. And huge ones, with up to 1.5 metre wingspans.

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My god. There were many trees like this one.

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Batman!

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