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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 11:15 AM
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15. If we and the bats are lucky, a resistant population will
survive this infection and pass on their genes to the next generation. We can look at this as very heavy "selection pressure", which has always been a driving force behind evolution and will remain so.

But it's really hard to watch the process.......
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  -White Nose Disease Source May Be Fungus Itself - Researchers See Huge Bat Dieoff Potential hatrack  Jul-28-08 12:16 PM   #0 
  - Poor things! We need bats. I have a bunch that fly around at twilight and eat bugs.  wienerdoggie   Jul-28-08 12:19 PM   #1 
  - Jesus, what are we doing to this planet, first the bees, now BATS??  48percenter   Jul-28-08 12:21 PM   #2 
  - It may not be us that's doing this  Indenturedebtor   Jul-28-08 12:30 PM   #3 
     - I can think of two straightforward ways we might be to blame...  phantom power   Jul-28-08 12:42 PM   #5 
        - That's what I was alluding to...  48percenter   Jul-28-08 02:50 PM   #7 
        - How about the idea that other environmental stresses we cause....  DCKit   Jul-29-08 09:15 AM   #14 
  - Hopefully, brown nose disease will have the same effect on the repub party. n/t  woodsprite   Jul-28-08 12:32 PM   #4 
  - they're way more important than people think they are :(  stuntcat   Jul-28-08 01:57 PM   #6 
  - This story depressed me so much  JoeIsOneOfUs   Jul-28-08 09:37 PM   #8 
  - Is this fungus possibly an imported exotic species?  kestrel91316   Jul-28-08 09:41 PM   #9 
  - Or immune systems weakened by pesticides?  Dead_Parrot   Jul-28-08 11:10 PM   #11 
     - We've been using pesticides for far too long for it to suddenly cause this, IMHO.  kestrel91316   Jul-28-08 11:49 PM   #12 
        - I know...  Dead_Parrot   Jul-29-08 12:16 AM   #13 
           - If we and the bats are lucky, a resistant population will  kestrel91316   Jul-29-08 11:15 AM   #15 
  - If this is true, then perhaps not all bats species will be effected the same.  Fledermaus   Jul-28-08 10:39 PM   #10 
 

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