The thermal springs are home to a well known colony of the little red fruit-bat, species Pteropus scapulatus, an attraction that has also been discouraged from inhabiting the site for the strong odour of their camps. These fruit eating bats roost during the day at the stands of bamboo, often in large numbers, and leave at night to feed on nectar from trees.[8]
Bitter Springs
Trees in Elsey National Park
Elsey National Park.
Walter Baldwin Spencer - Crossing Salt Creek near the Roper River, July 1911
^Richards, G.C.; Hall, L.S.; Parish, S. (photography) (2012). A natural history of Australian bats : working the night shift. CSIRO Pub. p. 13. ISBN9780643103740.