For example, they do not differentiate between fruits based on their colour, their size or the size of their seeds. They have strategies to deal with all these traits, and that is unusual among frugivores. The distances individual Grey-headed flying foxes travel to forage on fruits is also highly variable. Some individuals fly short distances of about 2 km from their camps to single feeding trees. Others travel over 60 km round trip in a night and use many different trees.
Animals fly further distances to feed on blossom.
Total nightly flights of approximately 100 km have been recorded, and individuals use many trees when feeding on blossom. These movements define seed dispersal and pollination patterns. Their capacity to locate and move to fruiting or flowering trees is not inhibited by clearing. Grey-headed flying foxes fly many kilometers over cleared land when they move between feeding trees. This enables them to feed successfully despite forest clearing.