Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFor starters, bats play a major role in keeping our insect populations to a tolerable minimum.\u00a0 This could have major implications in the business of agriculture.\u00a0 Not too mention, you will be swatting at bugs all day long.\u00a0 Bats are also an important pollinator and seed disperser.\u00a0 Are you starting to see that it isn’t only the bats we have to be concerned about? Don’t get me wrong, we need to be concerned about the Little Brown Bat which is on the verge of rapid extinction.\u00a0 The mortality rates associated with this fungus are incredibly high so if something isn’t figured out soon then it may be too late.<\/p>\n
I know I am usually the one preaching that humans shouldn’t be playing mother nature but we need to at least figure out what has caused this sudden development of White Nose Syndrome.\u00a0 We may be obligated to do something in order to prevent the extinction of a vitally important creature to our ecosystems.<\/p>\n
If you would like to help out the Little Brown Bat then I would recommend listening to the authorities about not going caving in infected caves.\u00a0 We are unsure how this fungus is transferred and it would be terrible if you are the person responsible for spreading this deadly fungus.\u00a0 As well, you may want to look into putting up some bat boxes.\u00a0 Every little bit helps, right?<\/p>\n
I know this Wild Fact is a little longer than usual but I did want to raise your awareness about this very important issue that is hitting Northeast USA and Canada right now.\u00a0 If we don’t figure out how it spreads or how to prevent it then it is possible that it will be in a cave near you very soon.<\/p>\n
Enjoy the rest of your day folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today’s Wild Fact is going to be a little different than most of the other ones.\u00a0 This is because I am going to focus on a very important issue that is threatening the existence of the Little Brown Bat.\u00a0\u00a0 This wonderful little bat is one of the most common bat species in North America……….or at least it use to be.\u00a0 You may have heard about something called “White Nose Syndrome” which first started showing up in bats in 2006.\u00a0 Well since then over 1 million bats have met their fate at the hands of this deadly fungus.\u00a0 We will talk <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1654,1345,119,1650,4025,1651,1652,1653],"yoast_head":"\n
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