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Bat House Locations
Check back often as we add pins to this map weekly. We have shipped more than 1000 bat houses, across the US and elsewhere. Is your bat house on our map? Or maybe you just want to guess where our bat houses have been shipped? Just to give you a hint… look at the Middle East… nope… not [...]
White Nose In GA?
White Nose Syndrome (WNS) moves closer to Georgia. Reports in mid June show that WNS is VERY close to North Georgia. We have not read of a confirmed case in Georgia but southern Tennessee cases have been confirmed. Sadly it seems inevitable that WNS will spread to bats found in Georgia as this fungus continues to [...]
Bat Facts
Here is a collection of bat facts you may not know! Nearly 1/4 of all mammal species are bats. That’s around 1,000 kinds of bats! Bats are mammals. They are the only mammals that can fly. Bats are the slowest reproducing mammal on the earth for their size, most producing only one young (pup) per [...]
Statement about movie ‘Contagion’
Bats and the Movie ‘Contagion’ [SPOILER ALERT] We were shocked that the ending of the movie ‘Contagion’ portrayed bats so ominously and without any redeeming qualities. We agree and share the statement released by BCI on September 12th 2011. Below is BCI’s official statement about Contagion. “Although bats sometimes harbor pathogens, any risk pales in contrast to the benefits bats provide. In fact, bats hunt and reduce the number of insects carrying diseases such as West Nile Virus. And scientists recently concluded that bats save American farmers billions of dollars a year by consuming crop-destroying pests. Bats also pollinate many valuable plants and disperse seeds that help restore damaged rainforests. In North America, right now, bat populations are being decimated by their own disease, White-nose Syndrome, which does not affect humans. For centuries, bats have been threatened because of misinformation and myths. We hope this movie does not...
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Visit our galleries and enjoy looking around at some of the things we have done and some of our customers bat houses. If you have one of our bat houses installed, be sure to send us a photo so we can include it. Education Chattahoochee Nature Center - 2011 Bat program at the Chattahoochee Nature Center on Oct. 1 2011 for the ribbon cutting of their new bat exhibit. ChattNatureCenter.org 15 Photos BatBlitz-2010 Bat...
Our new Bat eStore
Our new Bat eStore (get it? Bat eStore… Batty Store… yeah well) is online! We have put in a tremendous amount of hardwork to make our new Bat eStore the best yet. Be sure to take a look at www.HabitatForBats.org/eStore Habitat For Bats Read More
