Photo Credit: Nancy Heaslip,
New York Department of Conservation;
Brown Bats With White Nose Syndrome
Music: All Is Gone
First, our American bees began dying
Now, very sadly, our bats are dying, too
We need both of these creatures, very much
If we soon lose them, it will affect me and you
Our honeybees pollinate 90 percent of our food crops
Our bats eat tons of harmful insects, each and every day
Biologists and scientists are still not sure what is killing them
Global warming, a fungus or virus, or are we at fault, some way
Hundreds of thousands of our hibernating bats, have already perished
Biologists and scientists are working diligently to solve this new mystery
In the meantime, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an advisory
Asking all of us cave lovers to stay out of any caves where any bats might be
Sick, dying, and dead bats in unprecedented numbers have already been found in and around caves and mines, from Vermont to Virginia. In some locations, 90 to 100 percent of the bats are now perishing.
While they are in hibernation, affected bats often now seem to have a white fungus on their muzzles and other parts of their bodies which has been named ‘White Nose Syndrome’ (WNS). But scientists and biologists have not yet determined if this new fungus is killing them, or what may have caused it. Despite the continuing search to find the source of this condition by numerous laboratories and state and federal biologists, the cause of these massive bat die offs remains unknown.
And now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking those who visit caves where bats hibernate – called hibernacula – to curtail all activities to help prevent the spread of WNS.
“We suspect that white-nose syndrome may be transmitted by humans inadvertently carrying WNS from cave to cave where bats hibernate,” said Northeast Regional Director Marvin Moriarty of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
After several years of study now, we still do not know what is killing our bees. Theories range from a new virus or fungus caused by global warming, to mankind’s now enormous usage of wireless electronic devices, which transmit never ending bursts of microwaves.
I sincerely hope that biologists and scientists can find a definitive cause, and a remedy, for both these bee and bat die offs, before it’s too late. Our world will very sadly become a much different place without them. Without bees – we will face massive food shortages and much higher food prices. And without bats – we will face many more insects like mosquitoes, which carry many deadly diseases afflicting both man and animal.
©2009, Mr. Ed
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Blessings and Love - Micke
Be always safe,
Karen
Carole~
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <
In Spirit,
Bear
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Remember that Agent Orange in Nam? that Pentagon said "only harmful to tree leafs"? well what you know, we found when participating on those uninvited promenades in Cong territory that insects were absolutely dead, and birds, and those furry creatures, and spiders and snakes, and if you were to live of the land say, eating those delicious bark worms, your tummy became a liquid tank for diarrhea.
Now, after spraying so much shit all over the country they are asking themselves why life is dying in this country. Are they crazy?
Georg
Sincerely,
Regino
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"