Just a hot tip - if you have concerns about touching flying Foxes because you vaguely remember something about them having rabies - then your mate says - dont be a pussy- just pick him up - there hasnt been rabies in Australia for 20 years.
Resist the urge to prove your not a pussy and pick it up.
Coz while they dont have rabies - they can carry something very similar to rabies.
We ended up calling "Flying Fox Rescue" to pick him up and the first thing the person on the other end said was "Did anyone touch it?"
Coz the disease they carry can be transferred buy a bite or saliva getting into an open wound - your eyes, your mouth or up your nose.
Turns out this fella was a juvenile and he was too young to have the virus as it would have killed him already.
https://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/...s/viruses.html