Check out some facts about the Los Angeles Zoo's pair, Norman and Simba. And be sure to look and listen in at our Indian fruit bat Critter Close-Up. Home sweet home. They follow their nose. Indian fruit bats rely on vision and smell to find food, and their teeth are specially adapted for a fruit diet.
Females hang in a hammock-like position when giving birth.
Hang in there, baby. While young, the baby clings to the mother with its claws and mouth and is carried by her when she flies. When the baby becomes too heavy, the mother leaves it hanging in the roost. Indian fruit bats can live up to 17 years in captivity. Indian fruit bats are nocturnal and may travel long distances when foraging for food, which they either eat on the spot or carry away to alternate nocturnal roosts.