These bats are very social bats and stay in huge colonies ranging from one hundred thousand to one million bats, both male and female included, and during migration their numbers are higher. Since they live in tight knit communities but are suspicious of outsiders, they are one of the most secretive specie of bat, preferring to keep their colonies and hide out. These bats can live over twenty years.
The largest danger and predator of straw-colored fruit bats are humans. In some areas, such as West Africa, straw-colored fruit bats are hunted and consumed for their meat because they are considered a delicacy.
