White Nose Syndrome, a fungus that starves bats to death by interrupting their winter hibernation, was identified in several locations in the province last year after being found in Saskatchewan in 2021.
"A lot of bridges have bats," said Olson. "About half of all the bridges we looked at had bat guano." "It eats away at their skin and they have to come out of hibernation to fight the infection -- or it may be irritating and they can't hibernate when it's happening." Alberta has already declared endangered two species of the little brown bat, the province's most common bat, out of concern for the disease's eventual arrival.
Bats play an important role in their various ecosystems. They are the major nighttime predator of flying insects, such as mosquitoes. A bat can eat its body weight in bugs during a single night's hunt.
💔😢🦇 ANYBODY that knows anything about our planet's ecosystem KNOWS how vital the survival of bats depends on it. Bats are in trouble, folks--& they are the leader in keeping insect population in check. The 3 B's: Bats, Bees & Butterflies are the saviors of our planet earth🌍
Poor Bats
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