100,000 bats fall dead from the sky during a heatwave in Australia | |
Citizenperth
User ID: 52735892 Australia 01/10/2014 06:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I use to go to caves in Hill Country and watch them fly out at dusk, they eat mosquitoes so guess what happens now Quoting: Goofy for God they eat US? It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
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BRIEF
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3210150 Canada 01/10/2014 02:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.abc.net.au] Mass deaths at about 25 separate colonies have been reported since the weekend, including at Mt Ommaney, Redbank, Boonah, Palmwoods, Laidley and Gatton. RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty says the heatwave was a significant hit to the population of bats across the state. "The heatwave was basically a catastrophe for all the bat colonies in south-east Queensland," he said. "That's obviously going to have a pretty disturbing impact on those colonies and those colonies are vital to our ecosystem." |
Amy_A
(OP) User ID: 16982804 United States 01/12/2014 11:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Obviously no one cares much... but here's another source Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3210150 [link to www.abc.net.au] Mass deaths at about 25 separate colonies have been reported since the weekend, including at Mt Ommaney, Redbank, Boonah, Palmwoods, Laidley and Gatton. RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty says the heatwave was a significant hit to the population of bats across the state. "The heatwave was basically a catastrophe for all the bat colonies in south-east Queensland," he said. "That's obviously going to have a pretty disturbing impact on those colonies and those colonies are vital to our ecosystem." Thank you so much for this info. I am glad we have confirmation. Peace Amy |
Citizenperth
User ID: 52735892 Australia 01/13/2014 12:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | this is kinda wierd... nothing much on the news, but stuff on the internet... blamed the heat-wave which i understand cause it was damn hot... and we are in south eastern queensland... then yesterday i had a request from a canadian newspaper intern for an interview on it..... Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/13/2014 12:10 AM It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
New HollyWood
User ID: 47646043 Australia 01/13/2014 07:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I doubt it was the heatwave that caused them to fall dead. I know bats are sensitive especially to temperatures but this doesn't sound right. Isn't it usually hot down there? Or at least pretty warm? These bats probably were used to the temperatures for that climate... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51086916 yes it is hot for our summer 40 degrees C last week, but no.. the report is wrong... it would have been on the news... nothing the only environmental news at the moment is 1. WA wants to cull the sharks 2. They want to put a huge dredge through the barrier reef for the transport of yellow cake 3. The dam-container collapse in the daintree rainforest of radioactive sludge at a uranium mine... = no bat doom screw the bats, we are going through a 4 day heatwave in melb of 43 degrees celsius :( water please! SO MANY ASSHOLES....SO FEW LIGHT SABERS! "AZAMOREY" :SNAPPER: |