Bat population in trouble!

[mimitabby]

our planet is suffering from an infestation of humans.
all the other creatures are being harmed by it.
I guess we'd better start having less kids.

and NO you are not being selfish when you decide to not have kids.

[Trek420]

I've done my bit. I forgot to have children How'd that happen

[Brandi]

our planet is suffering from an infestation of humans.
all the other creatures are being harmed by it.
I guess we'd better start having less kids.

and NO you are not being selfish when you decide to not have kids.

I forgot to have them too! But everyone else seems to have enough to go around these days!

[IFjane]

Wow! I had no idea. We were sitting on our deck last night watching at least 3 bats soar and dive for bugs. We love them!!! Oh I hope the disease is discovered and cured before it migrates to our bats in VA!

[singletrackmind]

We have a couple of bat houses but so far no takers. Maybe I should offer free cable and a pool?

[sgtiger]

Have you tried peanut butter in the bat houses? At least, that's what a couple of natural gardeners in the PNW recommended to me a long time ago when I helped with community green projects. We helped local elementary kids build bat houses for public spaces when they were learning about bats for an Earth club project during high school. I don't know if different types of bats from different regions would have a preference for something else though.

[sgtiger]

our planet is suffering from an infestation of humans.
all the other creatures are being harmed by it.
I guess we'd better start having less kids.

and NO you are not being selfish when you decide to not have kids.

True, it was not an easy decision when I decided to have more than one. And I agree that it's not selfish at all for people to decide not to have any.

I've done my bit. I forgot to have children How'd that happen

I forgot to have them too! But everyone else seems to have enough to go around these days!

Yep, if you want, you can come visit mine. I figure it's a win/win for all. You get to spend some time playing with them while I get a break, then just return them when you're done.

[Trek420]

Yep, if you want, you can come visit mine. I figure it's a win/win for all. You get to spend some time playing with them while I get a break, then just return them when you're done.

Ah, like a lending library. No thanks. I get to visit Knott's kid and he's a teenager, and a jeeenious also two nieces, one nephew, one great nephew. And with the DPITA (my ex) I was very involved in helping raise her 4 nieces, one nephew.

And Tuck (and I call you Tuck for short?), people who have kids are not selfish. Those kids may grow up to find the solution.

Sound of new-age'y music in the background, maybe some Yani I think of uhm what is the term statis? The body has a tendency to balance itself? Drink too much water....you gotta pee, too much salt .... you need water etc. Well at a certain point the earth just goes "that's it, I've had enough of this".

It's very fragile, the conditions that allow us to live here.

It's not so much NPR or the internet, I recommend you find an old farmer in your area. Someone who's been farming for years. Ask them about changes they see in weather, bird migrations, crops right where you are. You may be surprised, shocked.

Mother Earth bats last

[bmccasland]

We have a couple of bat houses but so far no takers. Maybe I should offer free cable and a pool?

Bats do migrate, so maybe they haven't made it to Missouri yet. Along with the free cable and pool, you should have some moths on leashes for them Welcome to your new home presents

[7rider]

Wow.
I had no idea. Thanks for sharing this, Brandi.
DH and I love our bats...we love to go out at sunset and watch them work the neighborhood. They are soooo important for all of us (but, wow...I had no idea there were so many species represented locally).
I hope they find out what's going on with them.
From someone else who "forgot" to have children...despite the constant onslaught of reminders of a life centered around junior....

[Tuckervill]

My friend and I were so disappointed when we went to Austin for SXSW and the bats had not yet come back to the Bat Bridge.

http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=50

Karen

[singletrackmind]

Bats do migrate, so maybe they haven't made it to Missouri yet. Along with the free cable and pool, you should have some moths on leashes for them Welcome to your new home presents

Oh, they're here. We've seen them flitting about in the evenings. Maybe I'd better try some peanut butter coated moths and some mosquito mints on their pillows.
It's not like the neighborhood's seedy or anything like that. Well, I did just plant a mess of vegetable seeds, but it's not like there's hooker bats on the corner or anything.
Or maybe that's the problem?

[Meaux]

This makes me so sad! I love bats! (I even have one tattooed on my left shoulder.) I read somewhere that bats can eat up to a pound of insects a night. Makes me wish I had my own house so I could have a bat house.

[Tuckervill]

our planet is suffering from an infestation of humans.
all the other creatures are being harmed by it.
I guess we'd better start having less kids.

and NO you are not being selfish when you decide to not have kids.

And you're not being selfish when you decide TO have kids.

Karen

[mimitabby]

And you're not being selfish when you decide TO have kids.

Karen

Speaking only for members of my own family, I'd say that, yes, some people DO have children for very selfish reasons, actually. and later, when there are problems, or not enough finances, they shrug their shoulders and solve the problem by having another baby to distract themselves from the mess their older children have become.