The great white bat disease cometh


	The great white bat disease cometh

ofcapri

3-3-2009 5:58 PM

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Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia have joined us in a group of states that have detected the white fungus, which starts on a bat's face and spreads to its wings.

In fact, a huge segment of the

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3-3-2009 6:36 PM

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NEED TO PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS TO TRY AND CURB THIS SPREADING FUNGUS,,

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