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wyandottecaver wrote:It might be that if environmental transmission really is a non-issue, then WNS might die out just as the plague mostly did in Europe from a lack of available hosts. Would be interesting to see what the social makeup of these colonies are...anti-social loners scattered in the cave or a few huddled survivors?
DeanWiseman wrote:wyandottecaver wrote:It might be that if environmental transmission really is a non-issue, then WNS might die out just as the plague mostly did in Europe from a lack of available hosts. Would be interesting to see what the social makeup of these colonies are...anti-social loners scattered in the cave or a few huddled survivors?
I think you're missing an important point, though, as the fungus can live just fine without bats. According to what's known, once a cave environment is contaminated with the fungus, whether bats are there or not, it will remain.
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