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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/31/quebec-bats-fungus-white-nose_n_4525789.html
Quebec Bats Being Decimated By Killer Fungus
CBC | Posted: 12/31/2013 5:24 pm EST | Updated: 01/01/2014 10:19 am EST
...First detected in Quebec three years ago, white-nose syndrome has now decimated bat colonies around the province and is estimated to have killed 5.7 million bats in eastern North America...
There is no known cure for the fungal infection.
...?It?s one of the fastest declines for a species,? says Anouk Simard, a biologist with Quebec?s Environment Ministry. ?In three years a very common species that we never worry about is now so low that it might disappear. It?s very serious.?...
Quebec Bats Being Decimated By Killer Fungus
CBC | Posted: 12/31/2013 5:24 pm EST | Updated: 01/01/2014 10:19 am EST
...First detected in Quebec three years ago, white-nose syndrome has now decimated bat colonies around the province and is estimated to have killed 5.7 million bats in eastern North America...
There is no known cure for the fungal infection.
...?It?s one of the fastest declines for a species,? says Anouk Simard, a biologist with Quebec?s Environment Ministry. ?In three years a very common species that we never worry about is now so low that it might disappear. It?s very serious.?...