Bats Dying

[thuja]

this is a very disturbing mystery
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/science/25bats.html?8dpc

 

[Dr.3D]

This is very bad. If the bats are dying the insect population is going to soar.

 

[Working Poor]

It's no mystery that chemicals are being sprayed from planes that are killing our smaller kingdoms on earth.

 

[dsentell]

. . . . first the bees, now the bats, what will go next . . . . . .

 

[Nirvikalpa]

Actually, it was the bees, worms, and then bats. Worms (around a month ago) had a mass suicide. Millions just died in the street, and no one can figure out why.

Something weird is going on.

Ecologically, things can only get worse. Mess with one species and the entire ecosystem has the potential to go towards entropy.

average 90 percent of the hibernating bats in four caves and mines in New York have died since last winter

That's horrible. Makes me want to become a Biologist even more.

 

[dsentell]

Oh my, how did I miss the worms????

Where was this? The US?

 

[Nirvikalpa]

Yes, quickly on the news, and I can't find an article about it anywhere. If I find one, I will post it.

 

[icon124]

This is probably seperate from that, but I did notice a few months ago that a ton of worms were up on the sidewalks...most dead

 

[banjojambo9]

Fleas have taken a huge hit on population I believe it is an orchestrated effort to destroy the kingdom of flea.

 

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

This is probably seperate from that, but I did notice a few months ago that a ton of worms were up on the sidewalks...most dead

I have seen this almost every time it rains ever since i can remember.

 

[Nirvikalpa]

We're not talking about rain showers, we're talking about this happening on a sunny day, when people awoke to see millions of worms on the ground. I remember on the news they showed a truck (F250) on the street and there were worms all surrounding it.

 

[Dr.3D]

A few years back, I remember driving down the dirt road to my house and having to run over thousands of little toads. There were literally millions of them all over the ground that night.
Looking at the road in the light from my head lights, it looked like the road was jumping around. They were only a few inches from each other. This was happening for the couple of miles I had to drive down that road.

 

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

We're not talking about rain showers, we're talking about this happening on a sunny day, when people awoke to see millions of worms on the ground. I remember on the news they showed a truck (F250) on the street and there were worms all surrounding it.

Where was this ?

 

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

We're not talking about rain showers, we're talking about this happening on a sunny day, when people awoke to see millions of worms on the ground. I remember on the news they showed a truck (F250) on the street and there were worms all surrounding it.

Yeah, I was not trying to insult anyones intelligence, but sometimes with some of the stuff i've heard people say, i thought i would make sure it wasn't the case of rain.

 

[Corydoras]

Incredibly sad.

Bats are truly magnificent animals to see soaring around at dusk with their wings outspread, making their sonar calls.

 

[The One]

I'm glad bats are dying. They're hideous......lifeless, beedy eyes.....clawed wings.....grotesque fangs!!!!!! Wooloolooloolooloo!!!!!!


Just kidding, bat lovers!!!!!!!

 

[Corydoras]

They soar like seagulls, but unlike gulls, they can break and turn on a dime. Incredible to watch.

It's just amazing seeing them out in the dim twilight behaving as if they can see perfectly well (which of course they can, with their ears).

 

[banjojambo9]

snails have been murdered for years in my hood empty lifeless shells scattered grotesquely in the gardens of the silent spring

 

[Corydoras]

I ran across the site of a sanctuary that rescues individual sick or wounded bats.
Am thinking of "adopting" one.
http://www.batworld.org/adopt_a_bat/adopt_a_bat.html

 

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Actually, it was the bees, worms, and then bats. Worms (around a month ago) had a mass suicide. Millions just died in the street, and no one can figure out why.

Something weird is going on.

Ecologically, things can only get worse. Mess with one species and the entire ecosystem has the potential to go towards entropy.



That's horrible. Makes me want to become a Biologist even more.

maybe they invented religion lol