by icave » May 20, 2011 10:19 am
Another point often sited is that the spread of WNS seems to follow the cave route. Well, has anyone every considered it follows the cave routes and appears first in more heavily visited caves because, well, there are more people there to observe what is going on. Seems like common sense to me.
If cave is full of bats with WNS and no one is there to observe it, does WNS really exist? Well, not according to the USFWS. You would think these people would be smart enough to realize that you don't know what you don't know. That doesn't mean it is not there. I wonder if anyone has done a statistical analysis of the number of sites visited, number of sites infected, number of bats, number of known sites NOT visited, etc. to see if the gaps between "jump" sites get filled in. Also, bats counts are usually only performed in "important" bat caves. That doesn't mean WNS can be transported between smaller unknown colonies. I have no clue where the bats that visit my house live every winter.
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