silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSurprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations | Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deathswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down11cross-posted to: bats@lemmy.worldnyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1259arrow-down1external-linkSurprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations | Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deathswww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: bats@lemmy.worldnyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·2 months agoI like bats for the same reason I like spiders. They themselves largely keep to themselves and leave you alone while eating things that don’t.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·2 months agoI like bats because they’re little cuties. One of the local universities here has a bat fest every year. I always go to see the cute bats.
minus-squarexkbx@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoQuick, FlyingSquid. To the Bat-festival!
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoNa na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na bat festival!
minus-squareֆᎮ⊰◜◟⋎◞◝⊱ֆᎮ@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoWe have a couple of orb weavers in our small backyard and we’ve been getting a ton of beautiful webs everyday and a bonus. No bugs
I like bats for the same reason I like spiders. They themselves largely keep to themselves and leave you alone while eating things that don’t.
I like bats because they’re little cuties.
One of the local universities here has a bat fest every year. I always go to see the cute bats.
Quick, FlyingSquid. To the Bat-festival!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na bat festival!
We have a couple of orb weavers in our small backyard and we’ve been getting a ton of beautiful webs everyday and a bonus. No bugs