Philly.com: Solving the mystery of the dying bats in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
A little brown bat
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Deep in a cave in Mifflin County, Pa., surrounded by icicles and tilted slabs of rock, DeeAnn Reeder shone her headlamp on a tiny bat. It was dead. Cradling it in gloved hands, she stretched out its wings, fanned out its minuscule toes, and examined its snout. "I've seen worse," Reeder whispered, "but, boy . . . he's just covered in fungus." The Bucknell biology professor studied the bat. She knew it was white-nose syndrome, first discovered three years ago in a cave near Albany, N.Y. Bats that should have been hibernating inside were dead on the ground outside.
Follow these links to learn more about White-Nose Syndrome:
- N.Y. group asks caves nationwide to be closed due to bat deaths
- ESRI.com: Mapping the Spread of White-Nose Syndrome with GIS
- Wild New Jersey Exclusive: A night at Bat Wing Farm
- Wild New Jersey Exclusive: Senator Lautenberg calls for bat disease survey urgency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife: Cave closures likely key to slowing deadly white-nose syndrome spread
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 2/22/2010 7:00 AM 
Categories: Bats
Tags: mifflin county albany fungus brown bats white nose syndrome
Categories: Bats
Tags: mifflin county albany fungus brown bats white nose syndrome
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