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White nose syndrome suspected in WV bats http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1233855873
"On the way to the caves we found five dead bats along the trail, which is unusual," West said. "In the one cave, New Trout, we saw no evidence whatsoever of White Nose Syndrome. In Trout Cave we found two bats that had some fungal growth."... "As the counters proceeded to the rear of the cave, they observed that roughly a quarter of the bats they were counting, and they counted over 400 that day, roughly a quarter that they could examine were displaying a fungal growth that resembled White Nose," West said.
When the group left the cave at twilight, a number of bats were leaving the cave presumably in search of food, which they normally don't do in the cold months when there are no bugs to eat.
Bats with White Nose Syndrome eventually starve to death.
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GeeKay says: "No. West Virginia is, um, in the west."
CleverHans says: "The bats don't care. They're too busy starving."
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I thought this was only happening in the Northeast. Is West Virginia now in the Northeast?
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