Re: Re: Happy Bats

Well, insects carry all sorts of pathogens...why not something that could
prevent rabies...or a mutated insect form that protects the bat.  


> [Original Message]
> From: Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 8/30/2006 8:41:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Happy Bats
>
> Wow, what a concept!  Vaccinated live insects...  Maybe I should just go
to 
> bed.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:08 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: Happy Bats
>
>
> > It probably depends on the type of bats.  They aren't all insect eaters,
> > though most are.  It would be hard to drop live vaccinated insects, I 
> > would
> > think, but who knows with today's technology?  I believe some bats eat
> > fruit, too.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH- zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> > Behalf
> > Of Bonnie Holmes
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:35 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: Happy Bats
> >
> > In our area, fox and skunk carry the most rabies.  Fortunately, we have 
> > been
> > part of an experiment where vaccination is achieved by dropped food.
> > Wonder if this could be done for the bats?
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 8/30/2006 9:26:22 AM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] Re: Happy Bats
> >>
> >> Yeah, it's here.  Had some people die from Rabies here, they found
> >> lots
> > of
> >> bats with rabies.  Bats have always been a bit of a concern, they
> >> seem
> > to like
> >> to live in the walls of appartment buildings.  So they are  often
> >> "exterminated", unfortunately.  But it's like that with  everything.
> > People like the
> >> beneficial critters (bees, bats, etc.) as long  as they are not IN
> >> their
> > house.
> >> It's not quite as bad as it sounds, like it's open hunting season on
> >> bats
> > or
> >> anything.  It's basically within apartment complexes where the bats
> >> seem
> > to
> >> make homes.  In a way I understand, since hundreds can colonize in a
> > wall,
> >> the smell of the bat guano is terrible, and they make a ton of  noise.
> > Now with
> >> the rabies scare, it has just gotten more  publicity.   There are
plenty
> > more
> >> bats around though.....they sell  bat houses in stores, etc.  so it's
> >> not quite as bad as one pictures with a  bunch of wild Texans running
> >> around
> > shooting
> >> at bats.  LOL  No  shortage of bats either way in Texas.  There are
> > plenty.
> >> They even  have tourists that come to view the bats.  People are
> >> always warned not to touch the bats, or pick up an injured
> >> animal.....to  call
> > animal
> >> control.
> >>
> >> Noreen
> >> zone 9
> >> Texas Gulf Coast
> >>
> >> In a message dated 8/29/2006 11:02:32 PM Central Standard Time,
> >> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
> >>
> >> I think  Houston or maybe Galveston,
> >> someplace very humid in Texas is having a heck  of a time with some
> >> rabid bats and idiots are running around killing every  bat they can 
> >> find.
> > Which
> >> of course is a big mistake considering  their mosquito population.
> >>
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