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Fruit bats or "flying foxes" are herbivores and harmless to humans. I got this series of shots as night was falling in Sueyoshi Park near Shuri, as a bat started preparing for a night of foraging. Keep in mind that he's hanging upside down from the branches about 40-50 feet above me. Both my zoom lens and my flash were stretched to their limits.

Fruit bats or "flying foxes" are herbivores and harmless to humans. I got this series of shots as night was falling in Sueyoshi Park near Shuri, as a bat started preparing for a night of foraging. Keep in mind that he's hanging upside down from the branches about 40-50 feet above me. Both my zoom lens and my flash were stretched to their limits.

Fruit bats or "flying foxes" are herbivores and harmless to humans. I got this series of shots as night was falling in Sueyoshi Park near Shuri, as a bat started preparing for a night of foraging. Keep in mind that he's hanging upside down from the branches about 40-50 feet above me. Both my zoom lens and my flash were stretched to their limits.

Fruit bats or "flying foxes" are herbivores and harmless to humans. I got this series of shots as night was falling in Sueyoshi Park near Shuri, as a bat started preparing for a night of foraging. Keep in mind that he's hanging upside down from the branches about 40-50 feet above me. Both my zoom lens and my flash were stretched to their limits.

The base is large enough to serve as a stage for performing groups. The photo fails to capture how windy and cold it was when it was taken! During the winter months, the winds reverse and blow from the north, i.e., from the direction of China and Korea. Okinawans are already bundled up in coats, scarves, insulated vests and all the other accoutrements of winter.