Comments on: Why should you care about WNS?

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:49:06 +0000

I was wondering if your researchers have considered Lyme disease,in these bats ,as I know Lyme causes fungus disease in humans.My family of six suffers frm Chronic Lyme and we all born with it and I know five of my six family members have had fungus problems from the lyme bacteria,being that bats feed on insects,and also have mites and fleas and ticks ,and Lyme and other tick borne diseases are on the upswing could this be a direct relationship? I know testing is expensive,as that’s why Dr.’s don’t like to test and treat humans.Maybe the bats would have a better chance at testing.DNA-PCR are best both blood and urine for 20 days consecutove. Don’t know about bats though.But do know this disease kills,even though gov.won’t admit.

By: King of Kong Meets Tiger « frank work

King of Kong Meets Tiger « frank work — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:25:27 +0000

[...] Weibe’s mastery of Donkey Kong is pretty much a luxury. What if he’d turned that attention to bats, bees, or native plants? The skills, I suspect, would translate, and who knows what good it might [...]

By: jim

jim — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:34:57 +0000

Jason;
Here’s a “bat in the coal mine” question for you.
Is there something about the bats’ habits or physiology that would them particularly sensitive to certain environmental threats? For example, their insect diet. If insects are resistant to chemical insecticides, could the bats be eating insects laced with chemicals - and thus compromising their immune systems?

Jim