Baby flying-fox chats with carer: Maggie and Piccalilli exchange gossip

Hot off the press: this video was taken an hour ago. Enjoy your bonus sprig of happiness for the day. Piccalilli is an orphan Grey-Headed Flying-Fox whose mother was found dead in a gutter with little Piccalilli clinging to her. She was dropped into a vet by the member of public. At coming up to 5 weeks old she’s still very much a baby. She still adopts the sideways cheroot technique for holding her dummy, talks with her mouth full, and rolls over on her bottle. And she loves to have a good old gossip with Maggie and they seem to get enlightening responses to each other’s questions. She will remain in home care till she’s 3 months old.