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Did you know I’m a community scientist partnered with the Natural History Museum? Tonight we did a bat roost by the San Gabriel river in El Monte. My job was to record the audio of the bats leaving the roost to hunt for food. Bats play a major role in our ecosystem. There are about 14 different types of bats around la county and three different type at this particular location.
Fauci Approved $3.7M Grant to Wuhan Lab for Bat Research in 2015
Fauci Approved $3.7M Grant to Wuhan Lab for Bat Research in 2015
In 2015, Dr Anthony Fauci approved a $3.7 Million grant to the Chinese Wuhan lab for its bat research, which pretty much tops the stupidity cake. He literally entrusted dangerous research to an enemy of the United States, and bypassed the US ban on such research. (Daily Mail )
From 2014 on, the US banned bat research on the Coronaviruses MERS and SARS because some of the US labs responsible for…
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Bat Week is at its end, but the importance of bats to our ecosystem goes far beyond Bat Week. Sadly, North American bat populations are facing a crisis. A cold-loving fungus called white-nose syndrome has decimated up to 7 million bats in the Untied States and Canada. White-nose syndrome was discovered in a cave in New York in 2006. Since then, it has spread rapidly, and has now been detected in seven provinces and 33 states, including Washington state. Glacier National Park biologists feel that it is just a matter of time before white-nose syndrome arrives in Glacier.
In 2011, park biologists launched the Bat Inventory and Monitoring program in order to better understand what species of bats live in Glacier. This video captures the goals of the program and why researchers are working hard to monitor Glacier’s bat populations. The hope is to be better able to manage and understand the impacts of white-nose syndrome upon its arrival.
Video by Eddie Roqueta
[image description: A man sets up a pole in the dark. A headlamp shines on the pole.]
Five Eyes Intelligence Document Says Virus Came From Wuhan Lab
Five Eyes Intelligence Document Says Virus Came From Wuhan Lab
Recently, China threatened Australia that if they continued calling for an independent investigation into the Wuhan virus, they would face boycotts of tourists and students. China and Australia have been at odds over trade issues for some time. A 15 page dossier by the Five Eyes Intelligence Group revealed the consensus that the COVID-19 virus likely escaped from the Wuhan laboratory – not from…
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The poster I made for my bat research internship! (A version with personal info censored) I am so proud of how it came out - it’s really nice to work with someone who is interested in the skills I have outside of my field!
Contemplated posting a non-censored version once the Zooniverse page goes live, so you all can participate in the project if you want to!
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Update: trying to set up a Threadless shop atm, will update soon!
Update: Here’s where you can order a print! It’s my first time doing this - let me know if there are any issues.
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The bats displayed on this poster are the 6 species currently known to be native to Baltimore, with a handful of unconfirmed sightings of two others. At the moment, there are only two people who are researching the bats of Baltimore specifically - and I get to work with one of them! The first was Dr. Ela-Sita Carpenter: check out her website here!
An Egyptian fruit bat eats as it hangs from a tree in central Tel Aviv, Israel. Researchers at the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel estimate that hundreds of thousands of Egyptian fruit bats are freely active during the day time in Tel Aviv, and are researching whether the bats are similarly active in any other crowded urban environments. - Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
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Bat research and conservation in the Amazon rainforest of Peru. We offer volunteer, internship, and research opportunities to those who are passionate about and value wild nature.
