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Bats
Coming to the rescue
Bothered by mosquitoes? Bugged by beetles? Bats will eat many of your troubles away: a single bat may eat hundreds of mosquitos and other insect pests in one night. But that's not all...
Many bats are "keystone species": their habitats depend on them. Nectar-eating bats spread pollen, which helps trees like mangos and bananas make fruit. Fruit-eating bats carry seeds like cacao (or chocolate) in their stomachs for miles, planting them when they poop.
What is threatening bats?
People:
Many bats live in forests where they find food, water and places to roost. By altering forest habitats, people are the biggest threat to our region's bats.
Disease:
Throughout the United States, white-nose syndrome, a fungus, is sickening many bats. Sick bats do not survive the winter.
What can you do to help bats?
Put up a bat box. Bat boxes give bats a place to "call home." You can buy one or build your own. Look high up to see a bat box in this tree. |