Disease killing brown bats across the region… CT?
Posted by Michael on Sunday, February 24th, 2008 |
We’ve been watching this the last week. The bat syndrome continues.
Please remember, the evidence indicates this is hibernation interruption, not “white nose syndrome,” fungal infection, pneumonia, or other specific malady, in terms of the active agent. Those are symptoms (and/not) cause.
The bats are waking up hungry, literally starving, way too early. They also probably went to sleep, way too late. Now the emaciated-bat syndrome is being seen even more regionally.
From Republican-American (CT):
A mysterious disease has killed hibernating bats in New York and Vermont, is spreading into Massachusetts, and may already be in Connecticut…. Biologists have now identified sick bats in Chester, Mass., 40 miles north of Connecticut’s Barkhamsted Reservoir, and will be looking for them here in March.
Looking for them “here” in March??
We need to understand this now, not in a week. Mobilize! We need to know what this means, ASAP.
Tags: bats, climate, hibernation interruption, species, white nose syndrome