BATS DYING FROM WHITE MOLD SYNDROME

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That's Batman. And yes.

A suspected vextor for white mold disease has been..... SPELUNKERS.
The Hesienberg uncertainty principle in action once again

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@farmerman,

Seems so obvious that the spelunkers could be a systemic problem - now, after the fact.

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@Butrflynet,

Imagine if corporate farmers had the stronghold on self-pollinating plants and vegetables. Gosh, they could really GOUGE the idiot consumer who keeps voting for incumbents in every election.

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@farmerman,

in your estimation farmer, could this be part of the so called Sixth Extinction?

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38207/title/Bat_syndromes_telltale_white_nose-mold_new_to_science

THe white mold, first seen in bat colonies in Upstate NY in 2006 and 2007 , has spread to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 80% of Little Brown Bats are succumbing to this fungal disease. The species of which is known but it appears to have evolved into a more vcirulent strain. SInce this is a disease that affects those bat species that hibernate, the southern species and genera may escape.
No matter, the decline in bats could mean a major insect "bloom" this summer and Pa Ag extension specialista are speculating that "A vine fresh tomato may cost a small fortune in the next few years"

Plant tomatos

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@panzade,

That can only be known in retrospect. I suppose if we see a sizable extinction rate we can call it a major extinction. Seems kind of defeatist though.
A lot of geo sciences are wanting to call the geologic time we live in as the "Anthropocene" to mean that weve so fucked our planet by our own footprints that weve become the dominant feature in the world's environment.

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