An adult grey-headed flying fox hangs in a care centre set up at a home in Bomaderry, Australia January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Angie Teo
BOMADERRY, Australia (Reuters) - Janine Davies lifts out a three-week-old baby flying fox from its makeshift home of a towel draped over a rack in her bathroom and gently feeds it milk using a tiny bottle.
Like any mother of a newborn, Davies is running on little sleep as she cares for around 50 grey-headed flying foxes that have lost both their mothers and homes to Australia's huge bushfires.
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