[NatureNS] re bats endangered -- good for other insectivores??

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Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 16:47:30 +0100
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Another thought,
   
  The holds of ships surely are full of bats. 
   
  
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On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:27:57 -0300, "Stephen R. Shaw" <srshaw@Dal.Ca> wrote:
Hi Dave,
> I think it would be on the unwashed soles of the boots not the 
> clothes or armpits, but yours sounds a plausible idea also, though 
> the time at sea for a container (2 weeks?) does sounds like a 
> deterrent, as you say. Another possible problem is that I don't 
> recall how far inland the originator cave lay inside NY State, but 
> you could counter that anyway by guessing that the infected bat got 
> there in several flight stages and roosts over several days. 
>
> All of the options sound extremely unlikely to happen, but that's 
> evolutionary opportunity for you -- if tried often enough, the 
> unusual will occasionally happen so that an opportunist can colonize 
> a new area, in this case with drastic effect on the local species. 
> Steve
>
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