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Biology 124 Lab Case Study "No Bats in the Belfry: The origin of White-Nose Syndrome in Little Brown Bats" Part 1 Questions 1. What is the basic question of the study and why is it interesting? The basic question of thIs study is "Is the European strand of Pseudogymnoascus destructans causing White-noise syndrome (WNS) in the United States?" This question is interesting because if it is the European strand of P. destructans causing WNS in North America then why is it not occurring in as

Bats commonly enter buildings through openings associated with the roof edge and valleys, eaves, apex of the gable, chimney, attic or roof vent, dormers, and siding. Other openings can be found under loose-fitting doors, around windows, gaps around various conduits (wiring, plumbing, air conditioning) that pass through walls, and through utility vents. Bats are able to squeeze through narrow slits and cracks. Such openings must be considered potential entries for at least the smaller species, such

real life bats have a villain of their own, but it is not quite so easily vanquished. Who is this villain you might ask? It’s not a who, but a what: White Nose Syndrome. White Nose Syndrome, a fungal disease found in bats in the last ten years that is wiping out bat populations and threatens the extinction of certain species. The importance of bats to our environment. According to Bat Conservation International or batcon.org, bats play a very important role in our earth’s ecosystems. Bats control

Perhaps it was an unintentional cruelty on the part of my parents to enroll me first in the progressive Montessori school system that encouraged critical thinking and creativity, followed by an evening catholic school program that required unquestioning obedience to a monolithic religious dogma. When I began the sixth grade the window of an English professor and a family friend gave me access to his extensive library and personal text notes because of my growing interest in literature. In the first

September and it was around this time bat colonies started to regroup after the females left to form nursery colonies. The younger bats, not quite adults, were working on perfecting their echolocation and hunting skills in the fall. In one bat colony, specifically a little brown bat colony, housed in a large cave in west Texas, was flourishing. One of the young bats found it a bit uncomfortable hanging upside down in the middle of the crowd. Colonies of little brown bats could be very large, up to the thousands

This paper explores a regional issue of White-Nose Syndrome in bats throughout Missouri. Left untreated this fungus could cause several endangered bat species to become extinct. There are several new experiments to see if we can control the spread of White-Nose Syndrome including exposing bats to a bacterium, creating man made hibernation stations or other changes within the bats makeup. The best results we have seen so far must go back to the preservation of a banana. This bacterium may be the best

Naked David Sedaris; Little Brown & co. 1997 “ The women’s open” 1. Throughout the essay “ The women’s open” David’s father obsession for golf is shown. The power of his obsession leads him to forget what should be important to him. 2. Sedaris expresses the lack of heart his father shows towards people and even his children when it comes down to golf. For example the first day Lisa ever got her period was out on the golf course while her dad was watching a professional tournament, at

its healthy population of bats. They are helpful to have around. Just one little brown bat, one of the most common bats in Montana, can eat 1,200 nocturnal insects an hour. Think of the mosquitoes that could be managed by a healthy population of bats. They also help control beetles, leafhoppers, fleas and moths. Montana has 15 known species of bats. Some of the bats are migratory bats. One of interesting things about the bats and migration in Montana is that some bats migrate to stay and winter

All the brown bat are dying because the fungus is infection that the bat have that’s why they are dying out. That’s why the bat’s are dying to fast and in New Jersey were 30,000 bat. The fungus kill all most every bat because in 2008 where 30,000 but then it was only 300 left, the fungus work better in other bats because when they are asleep the fungus make them move around. That the adaptation is that the fungus is better for them because that make them move, many bat’s die because the white nose

Bat Exclusion in New Jersey The bats find place to live there in daytime. In New Jersey there two types of bats 1, little brown and 2, big brown .They are beneficial for inverment because they remove insect to eat them. But they have potential to cause rabies a great risk for human life. So it is necessary to bat exclusion in New Jersey. The length of bat in type of species .They are about 2 1/2 to 7 1/2 in length .they have pointed ears and sharp teeth. The females bats establish nesting areas