Journal archives for October 2018

October 17, 2018

Where Are there Bats in the Bay Area?

Insect-eating bats play a huge role in reducing mosquitoes and agricultural pests, so if you like fruits and veggies, you have bats to thank. A single Mexican free-tailed bat that is nursing pups can eat her entire body weight in insects per night. And whether or not you like tequila, bats are responsible for that too. Even bat poop is valuable: their guano makes an excellent natural fertilizer.
https://baynature.org/article/where-are-there-bats-in-the-bay-area/

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October 18, 2018

All bats big and small: Southern California is a popular home for the winged creatures of the night.

Halloween and blood-sucking vampires in the movies give bats a bad name, but around here, bats eat insects and nectar and are very beneficial to us nonflying mammals.

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2018/10/17/all-bats-big-and-small-southern-california-is-a-popular-home-for-the-winged-creatures-of-the-night/

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October 20, 2018

Las Palmas area bat tests positive for rabies.

A bat found near the Las Palmas 2 neighborhood outside Salinas on Monday tested positive for rabies, the Monterey County Health Department said.

https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2018/10/18/bat-tests-positive-rabies-virus-outside-salinas/1688213002/

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October 21, 2018

To protect biodiversity, researchers say we need to bring the wild back into our farmlands.

With a body the size of a fist and wings that span more than a foot, the big brown bat must gorge on 6,000 to 8,000 bugs a night to maintain its stature. This mighty appetite can be a boon to farmers battling crop-eating pests.

http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/news/58413-to-protect-biodiversity-researchers-say-we-need-to-bring-the-wild-back-into-our-farmlands

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October 25, 2018

Be a Hero for Bats!

October 24-31 is Bat Week, an annual, international celebration of the role bats play in the natural world. Bats are truly amazing creatures. There are more than 1,400 species of bats in the world, about 20 percent of all mammal species. About two-thirds of bats are insectivorous. They consume between 50 and 100 percent of their own weight every night. They protect our food crops and timber industry—worth more than $57 billion per year—and if it weren’t for bats, farmers would surely use more chemical pesticides than they do now.

https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/be-a-hero-for-bats/

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