Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Protecting our Central Texas bats

From KEYE, April 28, 2009...

Every spring our Mexican Free-tailed Bats return by the thousands to once again call the Congress Avenue Bridge home. And every spring visitors flock by the thousands to witness their massive sunset flights. But a disease could threaten our bat populations in the years to come.

“So far this die off has exceeded our worst nightmarish expectations, it has never been seen before ever on the face of the planet,” Tuttle said.

And seeing fewer bats also equates to seeing more bugs... Way more!

“Just our bats under the congress bridge consume over 30 thousand pounds of insects on an average night,” Tuttle said.

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