Flying Foxes • This is especially for Adam

The Flying Fox is a large, unique and beautiful animal. 

They are a fruit eating bat; a very large fruit eating bat!

I have heard they like mangos and figs.

In the Kingdom of Tonga, flying foxes are considered sacred. 

Their Tongan name is peka (pay-caw)

They are the official property of the King, and no one is allowed to hurt them.

They can be seen mostly around dusk but we have seen them in the middle of the day too.

We have seen them all over the island; the video was taken right by our home 

and the photos were taken from our car. 

They are beautiful and very graceful. I love watching them.   

We were standing by a banana tree one day and saw a young flying fox - bat.  

It was exciting to see it up close. We made it nervous and it eventually flew away.