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Bats' White-Nose Syndrome May Be Cured
New submitter alabamatoy writes: Several news outlets are reporting that a common bacteria may be proving successful in curing "white-nose syndrome" which has been decimating the bat populations across North America. A new treatment using a common bacterium was developed in Missouri by Forest Service scientists Sybill Amelon and Dan Lindner, and Chris Cornelison of Georgia State University. The Nature Conservancy reports: "On May 20, 2015, Scientists and conservationists gathered outside the historic Mark Twain Cave Complex in Hannibal, Missouri, to release back into the wild some of the first bats successfully treated for deadly White-Nose Syndrome." Bats are a key player in the environment, keeping insect populations under control, especially mosquitoes.
Too bad the bats don't have Red Nose syndrome. If they did, they could at least lead Santa's sleigh through the snow!
Don't worry about the bacteria getting out of hand. If necessary we'll kill them with a virus. Or gorillas.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Rodents are in the much smaller superorder Euarchontoglires, the only non-extinct members of which are: rodents, rabbits, hares, pikas, tree shrews, flying lemurs, and the various primates.
You forgot to specifically mention managers and politicians in that rodent group..... oh wait, my bad, there it is right at the end: primates.
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