Posted on 02/03/2009 3:23:11 PM PST by TaraP
ROSENDALE, N.Y. — A mysterious and deadly bat disease discovered just two winters ago in a few New York caves has now spread to at least six northeastern states, and scientists are scrambling to find solutions before it spreads across the country.
White-nose syndrome poses no health threat to people, but some scientists say that if bat populations diminish too much, the insects and crop pests they eat could flourish.
Researchers recently identified the fungus that creates the illness' distinctive white smudges on the noses and wings of hibernating bats, but they don't yet know how to stop the disease from killing off caves full of the ecologically important animals.
"The cause for concern is that this is going to race across the country faster than we can come up with a solution," said Alan Hicks, a wildlife biologist with New York state's Department of Environmental Conservation. "Now that is entirely possible."
Death tolls for the tiny creatures are hard to pinpoint, but some estimates run into the hundreds of thousands
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Spritz them with tea-tree oil solution.
BATS EAT:
moths, , flies, crickets, grasshoppers, planthoppers, leafhoppers, ants, assassin bugs, spittle bugs, cicadas, dragonflies, termites, stink bugs, and mosquitosbeetles
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Spray Lysol on the fungus.
Obama has been president how long and already pesitilence has spread to six states!
In the Book of Revelations it speaks of the 7 Plagues
The Plgues that hit the Egyptians in the Book of EXODUS.
Exodus 7:14-25) rivers and other water sources turned to blood killing all fish and other water life. (Dam)
(Exodus 8:1-8:15) amphibians (commonly believed to be frogs) (Tsfardeia)
(Exodus 8:16-19) lice or gnats (Kinim)
(Exodus 8:20-30) beasts or flies[2] (Arov)
(Exodus 9:1-7) disease on livestock (Dever)
(Exodus 9:8-12) unhealable boils (Shkhin)
(Exodus 9:13-35) hail mixed with fire (Barad)
(Exodus 10:1-20) locusts (Arbeh)
(Exodus 10:21-29) darkness (Choshech)
(Exodus 11:1-12:36) death of the first-born of all Egyptian families. (Makat Bechorot)
It seems INSECTS was a good cause for this.
No doubt about it, we depend on bats and lizards both to control crop-eating insects. We’d be in a heap o’trouble without them.
>>Obama has been president how long and already pesitilence has spread to six states!<<
This proves he has no regard for the children.
He’s waiting for it to get out of control and then one of his cronies companies will get involved and 0bama will make millions.
Somehow, we have to go to "bat" for these little flying mammals.
And, kidding aside, they are important pest killers. It's important that they survive.
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Pretty much a full day here in Nevada.
Now we have a new pestilence. We have America weakening more and more by the day; we have the world turned against Israel (there is a article on rapturealert.com about Turkey beginning to get hostile toward Israel- Turkey is one of the nations which attempts to attack Israel in the Gog/Magog war), we have Henry Kissinger saying that Barack Obama is the perfect guy to run the New World Order, we have a a worldwide call to utilize the current economic meltdown to institute a new global government. We have prophecies being fulfilled almost by the hour.
Everything is coming together fast, isn't it?
“Deadly Bat Disease Spreads to Six States...”
More proof aluminum bats are better.
It’s probably related to immune deficiency from rabies.
States mentioned in the article: NY, Pa, WI, WV.
Too damned bad it isn’t ‘deadly MOON-bat disease’ in 56 states.
It sure is my friend..Everyday we see biblical prophecy clearer and Clearer...
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