Bats might give some people the heebie-jeebies, but this video of a baby flying fox (aka a fruit bat) chowing down on a slice of watermelon for the first time has us rethinking everything we ...

It's a flying fox fruit bat, and they are beautiful! It is great they are bringing awareness to these animals that need our help so they don't go extinct. Gone forever.

image: This is a flying fox fruit bat (Pteropus tonganus) from the Solomon Islands. view more Credit: Tyrone Lavery, The Field Museum. Bats often get the short end of the stick -- when you look ...

Plus, in the case of flying fox fruit bats, they have faces that even a bat-hating chiroptophobe could love -- they look like German shepherd puppies with wings.

A large fruit-eating bat native to Mauritius is the subject of controversy over the announcement of a major cull to protect the Indian island's fruit crops, despite a lack of evidence as to the ...

image: This is a Mauritian flying fox. view more Credit: ©Jacques de Speville. A large fruit-eating bat native to Mauritius is the subject of controversy over the announcement of a major cull to ...

Like many fruit bats, the Little Mariana species had a small, fox-like face and a brown, furry body, giving rise to its alternative name, the Mariana – or Guam – flying fox.

Viewers can watch Grace, a Rodrigues flying fox, and Kuri, a Spectacled flying fox on the live camera 24/7. McBride said Grace and Kuri are their celebrity bats because of their constant screen time.