Comments on: Thousands of Bats Mysteriously Dying. Bat Plague Just Starting. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott M. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1498272 Scott M. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:56:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1498272 Two things come to mind: 1. In order to see the bats in trouble, someone needs to visit the cave. What are the visitors carrying in on their boots that may flourish in the nutrient-rich cave floor material? 2. Is there a linkage between the bat die-offs and researcher's first visits to the cave? Secondarily... Check for temperature amd humidity changes. Check for seasonal shifts in ground-level fungus spore production due to global warming. Perhaps the bats are flying through clouds of the spores and carrying the back to the cave. Two things come to mind:

1. In order to see the bats in trouble, someone needs to visit the cave. What are the visitors carrying in on their boots that may flourish in the nutrient-rich cave floor material?

2. Is there a linkage between the bat die-offs and researcher’s first visits to the cave?

Secondarily…

Check for temperature amd humidity changes.

Check for seasonal shifts in ground-level fungus spore production due to global warming. Perhaps the bats are flying through clouds of the spores and carrying the back to the cave.

]]> By: jbellies http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1498251 jbellies Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:17:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1498251 When this was discussed on Quirks and Quarks (CBC radio program) some weeks ago, there was a plausible theory: the fungus makes the hibernating bat very itchy. Every few weeks it wakes up (with concomitant rise in metabolism) to scratch, goes back to hibernation ... and by the end of the winter, it no longer has enough fat / energy stores to survive. When this was discussed on Quirks and Quarks (CBC radio program) some weeks ago, there was a plausible theory: the fungus makes the hibernating bat very itchy. Every few weeks it wakes up (with concomitant rise in metabolism) to scratch, goes back to hibernation … and by the end of the winter, it no longer has enough fat / energy stores to survive.

]]> By: 888 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1498056 888 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:28:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1498056 #31 Vampires are liberals, and they are mostly in the north. They suck the blood of the entire nations. Only partial vampires are in the south (republicans). Partial - because they suck the blood of the citizens only, leaving corporations usually untouched and healthily fat... #31
Vampires are liberals, and they are mostly in the north.
They suck the blood of the entire nations.

Only partial vampires are in the south (republicans). Partial – because they suck the blood of the citizens only, leaving corporations usually untouched and healthily fat…

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497963 ECA Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:09:03 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497963 26, yah, keep talking about rabies, and remember when we were YOUNG and our parents told us, about THAT creature COULD have rabies.. There are only 2-3 bat species that SUCK BLOOD. And the ALMIGHTY Vampire bat is in the southern states and SOUTH.. 90% of them are insectivores..9% fruit eaters.. Have you ever seen a sky full of bats?? go back 150 years. we have destroyed there caves, where 1000's and 1000's live. And you think a BAT BOX is going to house enough BATS to clear out a city? 26,
yah, keep talking about rabies, and remember when we were YOUNG and our parents told us, about THAT creature COULD have rabies..
There are only 2-3 bat species that SUCK BLOOD. And the ALMIGHTY Vampire bat is in the southern states and SOUTH..
90% of them are insectivores..9% fruit eaters..
Have you ever seen a sky full of bats?? go back 150 years.
we have destroyed there caves, where 1000’s and 1000’s live. And you think a BAT BOX is going to house enough BATS to clear out a city?

]]> By: hhopper http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497962 hhopper Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:58:31 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497962 If the bats die off, the flying insects will rule the world. If the bats die off, the flying insects will rule the world.

]]> By: Mr. Fusion http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497874 Mr. Fusion Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:29:53 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497874 #21, Alphie, <i>We all know it Bush’s fault…Bush lied, bats died…its an inside job I tell you…</i> ... You are definately on to something. Although it is quite possible that the bats found Bushes old coke stash in a cave and got into it. #21, Alphie,

We all know it Bush’s fault…Bush lied, bats died…its an inside job I tell you… …

You are definately on to something. Although it is quite possible that the bats found Bushes old coke stash in a cave and got into it.

]]> By: amodedoma http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497819 amodedoma Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:29:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497819 The sky is falling, the sky is falling, oops, just some bats and bees... Nothing to worry about!! Now if they were cute furry puppies and kittens, you'd have plenty of people in an outrage. But these are just creatures that most people are afraid of, so maybe we're better off without them, right? Silly Hoomans, so easily influenced by fear that common sense is practically unknown to them. The sky is falling, the sky is falling, oops, just some bats and bees… Nothing to worry about!! Now if they were cute furry puppies and kittens, you’d have plenty of people in an outrage. But these are just creatures that most people are afraid of, so maybe we’re better off without them, right? Silly Hoomans, so easily influenced by fear that common sense is practically unknown to them.

]]> By: Lou http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497790 Lou Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:15:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497790 I luv bats. This sucks ! #8 Remember what Nancy Raegan said about crack bat babies. I luv bats. This sucks !
#8 Remember what Nancy Raegan said about crack bat babies.

]]> By: JimR http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497745 JimR Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:14:40 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497745 #15 ECA said <i>"its the poisons we have used to fight them..mosquito’s.. then the ramifications of killing off a natural predator of the mosquito. Of destroying the homes of THAT predator.. THEN needing to DEAL with the problem that, that Predator SOLVED.."</i> ... not that I want to get picky over this, BUT... we haven't destroyed the homes of bats in any significant way that I know of. Building bat houses has been popular for several decades. And, bats did not SOLVE the mosquito problem by any stretch... thats why we tried pesticides... which I agree was, and is, still a mistake. FYI, bats aren't harmless to humans either. They can carry deadly diseases like rabies and SARS. Not sure about this but I think most of the cases of rabies in humans are from bats. #15 ECA said “its the poisons we have used to fight them..mosquito’s.. then the ramifications of killing off a natural predator of the mosquito. Of destroying the homes of THAT predator.. THEN needing to DEAL with the problem that, that Predator SOLVED..”

… not that I want to get picky over this, BUT… we haven’t destroyed the homes of bats in any significant way that I know of. Building bat houses has been popular for several decades. And, bats did not SOLVE the mosquito problem by any stretch… thats why we tried pesticides… which I agree was, and is, still a mistake.

FYI, bats aren’t harmless to humans either. They can carry deadly diseases like rabies and SARS. Not sure about this but I think most of the cases of rabies in humans are from bats.

]]> By: mrpips http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497728 mrpips Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:36:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497728 Can't they just spray some stem cells on them to cure the thing? Can’t they just spray some stem cells on them to cure the thing?

]]> By: Alfred1 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497709 Alfred1 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:29:22 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497709 Seriously...finally a worthwhile earmark... Lets get it in the budget with the other 9000+ earmarks...50 million sounds right... Seriously…finally a worthwhile earmark…

Lets get it in the budget with the other 9000+ earmarks…50 million sounds right…

]]> By: Alfred1 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497704 Alfred1 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:22:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497704 It might be relevant...Ms. Clinton in Russia...shes a hottie now...check out them hips... It might be relevant…Ms. Clinton in Russia…shes a hottie now…check out them hips…

]]> By: Alfred1 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497703 Alfred1 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:20:02 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497703 We all know it Bush's fault...Bush lied, bats died...its an inside job I tell you... We all know it Bush’s fault…Bush lied, bats died…its an inside job I tell you…

]]> By: 888 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497700 888 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:05:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497700 Recession, of course! I bet this current word of the day can explain it all. Recession, of course!
I bet this current word of the day can explain it all.

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/03/07/thousands-of-bats-mysteriously-dying-bat-plague-just-starting/comment-page-1/#comment-1497695 ECA Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:54:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=42534#comment-1497695 16, and we WIPE it out before it gets a chance. 16, and we WIPE it out before it gets a chance.

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