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"Unbearable" stench after 5,000 bats suddenly drop dead
Sunday World ^ | 11-20-14 | Daily World

Posted on 11/19/2014 9:03:34 PM PST by smokingfrog

Residents in the sleepy neighbourhood of Casino, New South Wales, were left shocked when the nocturnal creatures began dropping dead and falling from trees.

The deaths are said to have been caused by a 44 degree heat wave sweeping over the town and over 5,000 carcasses created an "unbearable" stench, sparking a public health warning.

Council manager John Walker told the Australia Telegraph newspaper: "People should avoid the area and not try to help living bats themselves as they could bite and scratch and some carry the lyssavirus.

(Excerpt) Read more at sundayworld.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bats; weird
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To: Kozak

No kidding. Free bush meat.


21 posted on 11/20/2014 12:30:31 AM PST by Pelham (Refusing to deport illegal foreign nationals equals amnesty)
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To: stormhill
Its probably due to White nose syndrome(a fungus infection) that is decimating bat population in America picture of a infected bat
22 posted on 11/20/2014 2:10:26 AM PST by The Right wing Infidel
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To: Kozak

Wow! How can we make that happen to liberals?


23 posted on 11/20/2014 3:13:07 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: tumblindice

Don’t you mean the Chixie Dicks?


24 posted on 11/20/2014 3:29:01 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: Kozak

Wasn’t it determined that bats carried the Ebola virus?


25 posted on 11/20/2014 4:00:34 AM PST by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: smokingfrog

To be followed by BUGS, lots of bugs that aren’t being eaten by the dead bats.


26 posted on 11/20/2014 5:23:11 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: stormhill

You’d think that would be the first thing they would come up with. Of course, they’re not as cute looking as baby polar bears.


27 posted on 11/20/2014 5:30:34 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Vendome
Natalie was such a fat, unpatriotic, pig....

Dixie Chunk

28 posted on 11/20/2014 6:49:11 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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