texascavers Digest 27 Oct 2012 03:21:05 -0000 Issue 1655
Topics (messages 20943 through 20949):
Barb and her cave ballads
20943 by: BMorgan994.aol.com
20945 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
Government Canyon Karst Survey
20944 by: Marvin and Lisa
Bat Pics
20946 by: Lyndon Tiu
Scary Bats!
20947 by: R D Milhollin
Scary Bats 2, What Scares Pro Athletes
20948 by: Logan McNatt
Wildlife Research Institute plans bat study
20949 by: Louise Power
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Music? Just words? For posterity please!
SW
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Sleaze - - That is so you can stick it in your ear.
Pity you were not around in the Austin scene in the early70s.
DirtDoc
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From: bmorgan...@aol.com
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 8:07:02 PM
Subject: [Texascavers] Barb and her cave ballads
Music? Just words? For posterity please!
SW
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This is just a reminder that the next Government Canyon project weekend is
November 3rd and 4th.
We will meet the Volunteer/Research Station at 9:00 both mornings.
When you enter the park, take the first right. Go through a closed gate and
drive ~1 mile to the Volunteer/Research Station.
Contact Marvin Miller for more info.
Marvin
(210) 415-5190
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http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10014312.html
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Lyndon Tiu
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This is the link to an NPR program I heard the other evening commuting back to
Fort Worth from underwater hockey practice near Dallas. Wolfe is a researcher
who has written an authoritative book on viruses and how they are spread, and
specifically those in which the primary vector or reservoir includes animals.
At one point in the interview he mentions that bats are a prolific carrier of
diseases that can affect man, but primarily because there are such large
numbers of bats and bat species. Don't worry though, he makes a strong point
that eradication of the carrier or reservoir species is not the way to control
the spread of these diseases. Another excellent interview by Terry Gross on the
WHYY "Fresh Air" series.
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/12/162781027/the-man-who-tracks-viruses-before-they-spread
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Coincidental to R.D. Milhollin's message last night:
Enclosed in today's Austin American-Statesman newspaper is the October issue of /Athlon Sports (America's Premier Sports Publisher)./ Their
feature article is "SPOOKED: What Scares Pros Most", with quotes from professional athletes. Here's what Hal Gill of the Nashville Predators
(National Hockey League) said:
"Bats. I don't like bats. I used to do siding and painting in high school and college. I was on a ladder and a bat came and slapped my face.
They don't know where they're going. They are blind. They just come by and get in your hair. They're nasty."
Sounds like a classic opportunity for some educational outreach by Bat Conservation International! Jim, please forward to the appropriate BCI
person. I don't fault the newspaper or Athlon Sports, or even the player who is just repeating common myths. Perhaps the next article should
be titled : SPOOKED: What Scares Bat Conservationists the Most".
Logan
P.S. Those of you in contact with TAG cavers, please forward to them. Thanks.
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The North American Bear Center in Ely, Minnesota, which is conducting long-term
black bear studies, last summer installed a trail cam to keep tabs on any
activity at a deep chimney den used by one of the bears and her cub last year.
When they discovered bats checking out the den, they contacted a Minnesota DNR
researcher and will likely collaborate on a study of these deep rock dens as
refugia for bats. Read more about this at:
https://snt124.mail.live.com/default.aspx?rru=inbox#n=311080101&rru=inbox&fid=1&fav=1&mid=2354c779-1fdf-11e2-957f-00215ad82052&fv=1
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