Wildlife bears the brunt of Australia's 'angry summer'

Flying foxes, loggerhead turtles among animals dying amid extreme heat

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A flying fox clings precariously to its perch amid the intense heat of Australia's "angry summer." (Photo by AJ Caruana, courtesy of WIRES).

SIAN POWELL, Contributing writer

SYDNEY Record-breaking summer heat waves in recent months have left Australians sweating and uncomfortable and killed thousands of animals, graphically illustrating the dangers that climate change poses to the world's driest inhabited continent.

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