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White-nose syndrome: Bats hit by killer disease
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Thursday 12th May 2011, 19:59
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Quite shocking. I for one would relish the opportunity to one day see swarms of bats in the US leaving a roost; I hope folk involved can get to the bottom of this. Any developments, or too early to say?
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Wednesday 18th May 2011, 14:38
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Thursday 19th May 2011, 12:23
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Jimbob, you can still see swarms in many places. As I said in a previous thread, hopefully there is a 'southern demarcation' of where WNS will occur due to heat/moisture issues (I'm not an expert, just hoping here). If you are interested, caves.org and batcon.org have a lot of info. People still visit north Alabama to see the bats swarm here, and there are still plenty of them.
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Thursday 19th May 2011, 19:39
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Thankyou both for your info.
Just now ploughing through the report linked to the BBC Website! Jim.
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Saturday 28th May 2011, 02:26
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http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/...in-maine-bats/
White nose hits bats in Maine, USA. I didn't realize that it's a WW problem. It's spreading across the USA and Canada too. So sad and so potentially catastrophic. What helpful and beneficial creatures these brown bats are. They live under the roof of my garage here in Mass. USA. I see them each evening going to to eat. Here is a photo of a still OK brown bat inside our cottage in Maine. We go there for a few weeks a year in the summer and it's OK that they live there too. Last edited by crazyfingers : Saturday 28th May 2011 at 02:31. |
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