On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:33:17 -0500, Galen Hekhuis
<ghekhuis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:15:49 -0500, Harry Brogan
><hbrogan57@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>My take??? Well...the bats found THIS place....I say go ahead with
>>the plans fr a bike path through the tunnel. If the bats don't like
>>it they will find some other place to spend their winter hibernation.
>>After all...I rather doubt that there would be all that much bike
>>traffic through there in mid-winter anyway. So where does the
>>problem lie????
>
>It takes only one person to wake up the bats during the winter. If
>they are awakened during their hibernation and don't find a way to
>replace the energy they consume, they die, and in the winter there
>aren't any bugs for them to eat. Cave explorers are often careful not
>to disturb bats, especially hibernating bats, for this very reason.
Thanks for that information. I was unaware of that fact.
__o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
_`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
(_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
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