Bats have a unique superpower. Climate change is turning it into a liability.

Vox.com ^ | 1/30/24 | Benji Jones and Kimberly Mas

[DallasBiff]

Not all bats are unbelievably, overwhelmingly adorable, like the one below. Many of them have wrinkly faces and large ears that help them “see” in the dark, using echolocation.

But all bats are, without a doubt, exceptional creatures. Not only do bats pollinate our crops, prey on pests like mosquitos, and spread seeds that help damaged ecosystems recover, but they also possess a superpower that’s unique among mammals: flight

[DallasBiff]

Bats are fascinating creatures, can be frightening and adorable at the same time.

[God luvs America]

there are only two things in life that scare the bejezus out of me- lighting and bats...

[fwdude]

Flying foxes are absolutely adorable.

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“Lighting?”

[God luvs America]

lightning....

[Yo-Yo]

Talk about burying the lede, the thing that climate change is detrimental to bats is...wait for it...WINDMILLS.

But as scientists are starting to learn, it also comes with some serious drawbacks. Especially as climate change continues warming the planet. Bats’ flight-adapted physiologies make them highly susceptible to severe droughts and heat waves. Plus, the proliferation of wind turbines — a climate solution that provides energy without harmful greenhouse gas emissions, and one we’ll need more of to combat warming — is killing them in droves.

[Red Badger]

Bats are our friends. They are good pollinators, eat mosquitoes and they don’t bother others. God knew what he was doing..................

[KarlInOhio]

there are only two things in life that scare the bejezus out of me- lighting and bats...

Are you a criminal from Gotham City?

[Sacajaweau]

add snakes to that...and we’re on the same track

[Tench_Coxe]

"there are only two things in life that scare the bejezus out of me- lighting and bats..."

For me its nuclear war and carnies.....

[EastTexasTraveler]

The climate change hoax is nothing but bat guano.

[airborne]

Those “winged spawns of Satan” creep me out!

I get a serious case of the willies from those flying rats!

[jackibutterfly]

"For me its nuclear war and carnies....."

Carnies, or canaries? :-) (What are carnies?)

[Tench_Coxe]

Carnies. Nomads. Small hands. Smell like cabbage.

Seriously: carnies are the people working at a carnival.

[Hyman Roth]

Funny story. Catfishing one night with a friend. He was in the front chilling. A bat 🦇 flew toward our boat and planted on his face. He was lucky he wasn’t injured. We laughed after the incident.

[PIF]

Bats have a unique superpower. Climate change is turning it into a liability, while wind turbines are turning them into small bits.

[PIF]

The proliferation of wind turbines - a climate solution that provides energy without harmful greenhouse gas emissions, and one we’ll need more of to combat warming - is killing them in droves uncounted millions.

[edwinland]

Hilarious. Thanks for exhuming that.

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Bats are our friends. They are good pollinators, eat mosquitoes and they don’t bother others. God knew what he was doing..................

Amen.

But I still want to ask Him about cockroaches.

[Gen.Blather]

I’ll tell you the quickest way to get me to move on to the next article, any mention of “climate change.” Same thing with movies. The movie is set in some apocalyptic future. The inevitable narration goes something like, “After the climate disaster of the early twenty-first—” “Click.”