黑料吃瓜网 Bats Continue To Battle White-Nose Syndrome -- And Misplaced Fears

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黑料吃瓜网 Bats Continue To Battle White-Nose Syndrome -- And Misplaced Fears

黑料吃瓜网 Radio | By Lucy Nalpathanchil,

Carmen Baskauf

Published July 10, 2020 at 8:23 AM EDT

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Little brown bat; close-up of nose with fungus, New York, Oct. 2008.

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Northern long-eared bat

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Horseshoe bat (in China)

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Do you see bats where you live? These flying creatures play important roles in ecosystems around the world, from pest control to pollination.

But bats in 黑料吃瓜网 are in big trouble. This hour: bats in our state have been devastated by White-Nose Syndrome. We learn more about this deadly disease and talk about why we should be concerned that populations in 黑料吃瓜网 have been so hard hit.

Bats in China have made news because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hear why scientists have looked to these flying creatures to understand the origins of a number of deadly diseases.

And we talk with bat researchers about why--amid fears of a pandemic--bats need our support, not our fear, more than ever.

GUESTS:

Jenny Dickson - Director of the Wildlife Division for the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Dr. Kate Langwig - Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech; she鈥檚 a disease ecologist who studies bat diseases

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