澳大利亚新南威尔士州和维多利亚州的灰头飞狐正经历严重食物危机。1冬季干旱和本地树木花期不佳导致食物严重短缺，大量成年飞狐和幼狐因饥饿而死亡或营养不良。1野生动物救援组织Fawna每天接到50至90通电话求救，已超过过去九个月蝙蝠求救总数。1饥饿的飞狐出现异常行为，包括在白天外出觅食和在地上爬行寻找水果。1
这场危机对飞狐种群构成长期威胁。灰头飞狐通常每年只生育一只幼崽，但目前大量幼狐出现过早出生和死亡，这将对种群产生"可怕的连锁反应"。1灰头飞狐在联邦环境法下被列为易危物种。1过去两周内已有43人因被蝙蝠抓伤或咬伤而接受评估。1食物短缺可能由干旱和厄尔尼诺现象等气候事件加剧。1这次危机发生在今年夏季数千只飞狐热死事件之后。1
Grey-headed flying foxes across New South Wales and Victoria are experiencing severe food scarcity, leading to widespread starvation and malnutrition among both adult animals and juveniles 1. The crisis stems from winter drought conditions and poor flowering of native trees in the regions 1. Wildlife rescue organization Fawna is receiving between 50 and 90 calls daily—a volume that exceeds the total number of bat distress calls received over the previous nine months 1.
The deteriorating situation has prompted unusual behavior from the animals, including daytime foraging and crawling on the ground in search of fruit 1. Over the past two weeks, 43 people have sought medical evaluation after being scratched or bitten by bats 1. The species, listed as vulnerable under federal environmental law, faces compounded challenges from climate events such as drought and El Niño phenomena 1. Since grey-headed flying foxes typically produce only one offspring per year, the mass mortality of juveniles is expected to trigger a "catastrophic cascade" effect on the population 1. This crisis follows a separate incident earlier in the summer when thousands of the animals died from heat stress 1.
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