WNS Video by MSU Student and Caver

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WNS Video by MSU Student and Caver

Postby PYoungbaer » Sep 28, 2012 9:37 am

Here's a link to a video by a Montana State University student and caver. Interesting perspective from someone hearing about WNS from well outside the affected region. I had to turn the volume up at the beginning to hear the hushed in-cave voice of NY bat biologist Al Hicks, but otherwise the technical work is fine. Shows some of the science going on and addresses public perceptions of bats. The only thing that stood out as glaringly inaccurate is the Virginia organic farmer who attributes pollination of her crops to bats (simply not true), but other than that it's pretty good, including showing herself as a caring caver doing decon:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xttw81_the-mystery-behind-the-white-nose-syndrome-epidemic_tech
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