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styckx
06-05-2009, 07:41 AM
I know New Yorks bat population got nailed w/ this problem, and others from reading the article. Love em or hate them. No bats, more mosquitos, gnats, and other annoying flying insects.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/nj_biologists_fear_up_to_95_pe.html
silks
06-05-2009, 07:44 AM
...the enigmatic "white-nose syndrome"

Yeah, it is a bitch...
CountryBob
06-05-2009, 07:56 AM
Rabies will be down as well - those blood sucking little bastards.
TheMojoPin
06-05-2009, 08:19 AM
Rabies will be down as well - those blood sucking little bastards.

So, what, 2 people will die from it this year instead of 7?
JerseyRich
06-05-2009, 08:31 AM
They're good little insect eaters...This is not good.
TripleSkeet
06-05-2009, 09:12 AM
That fucking BLOWS.
JPMNICK
06-05-2009, 09:15 AM
maybe this is why i saw so many more bee's this year
TheMojoPin
06-05-2009, 09:38 AM
maybe this is why i saw so many more bee's this year

Maybe it's because you taste like delicious honey.
ChrisTheCop
06-05-2009, 09:41 AM
Finally, now I can post my Belfry for rent on craigslist.
Crossweird
06-05-2009, 09:44 AM
Experts also expect a steep increase in penguin crimes this summer.
joethebartender
06-05-2009, 09:48 AM
Finally, now I can post my Belfry for rent on craigslist.

Well played. :lol:
Gvac
06-05-2009, 12:47 PM
I've been following this story for quite some time, being a bit of a bat aficionado.

It could wreak havoc with our ecological system. A small brown bat eats about 600 mosquitos per hour. Without them the insect population will be out of control.
IMSlacker
06-05-2009, 12:51 PM
Everybody in NJ need to order one of these now!

http://www.poolsinc.com/images3/uniflame/SV-27.jpg
topless_mike
06-05-2009, 12:53 PM
mosquito problem?

then move out of the swamps.
styckx
06-05-2009, 01:00 PM
mosquito problem?

then move out of the swamps.

You know mosquitoes breed in any body of standing water right? ponds, lakes, puddles, water that gathered in an ashtray one night, kids inflatable pools, rain water that gather in the back of your kids toy dump truck and sat untouched for a few days etc etc etc
Hottub
06-05-2009, 01:07 PM
A few years back, the Hackensack River keeper set up hundreds of bat houses along the river. A great, Natal way to keep the insect population in check.
It will be a shame to see all of those Vacancy signs up.
boosterp
06-05-2009, 01:29 PM
I've been following this story for quite some time, being a bit of a bat aficionado.

It could wreak havoc with our ecological system. A small brown bat eats about 600 mosquitos per hour. Without them the insect population will be out of control.

I like the lil creatures and hope that it does not affect our bats, the mosquito problem alone would hurt.
DiabloSammich
06-05-2009, 02:03 PM
Most of you don't even realize how bad this is.








How bad is it?
PapaBear
06-05-2009, 07:56 PM
What's worse on the mosquito front is, I heard on the news yesterday that mosquitoes will be particularly bad this year due to all of the early rain. More mosquitoes + less bats = MANY MANY MORE mosquitoes!
Devo37
06-05-2009, 08:13 PM
this is bad news for baseball.
epo
06-05-2009, 08:15 PM
These bats were your last line of defense from future Pirate/Shark attacks.

So long east coast...you are doomed!
sr71blackbird
06-06-2009, 09:21 AM
Mosquitos across the garden state are happy about this development.