Post by jonsdigs on Apr 12, 2007 14:37:12 GMT -5
Hill Country bats a first line of defense against Coastal Bend mosquitoes
KrisTV (Corpus Christy, TX)
April 12, 2007 12:20 PM
Bats the first line of defense against West Nile
CONCAN, Texas. - In a cave 200 miles north of Corpus Christi live over 2 million tiny warriors in the battle against the West Nile Virus. Every night swarms of Mexican free tailed bats leave their caves and travel to the Coastal Bend for their evening hunt.
A local conversation group has been tracking these bats to learn where the mosquito hot spots are in the Coastal Bend. They track these bats much the same way meteorologists track rain.
When the bats return to their caves in Hill County members of the Frio Nature Conservancy study the bats' guano to determine if the mosquitoes they ate were carriers of West Nile.
KRIS 6 News' Alex Stivers went along as the team checked on bats deep inside the Frio Cave.
Tonight on 6 News at 6 & 10, see how their research will help local communities learn where the mosquito hotspots are, and what can be done to help prevent an outbreak of West Nile Virus this summer.
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KrisTV (Corpus Christy, TX)
April 12, 2007 12:20 PM
Bats the first line of defense against West Nile
CONCAN, Texas. - In a cave 200 miles north of Corpus Christi live over 2 million tiny warriors in the battle against the West Nile Virus. Every night swarms of Mexican free tailed bats leave their caves and travel to the Coastal Bend for their evening hunt.
A local conversation group has been tracking these bats to learn where the mosquito hot spots are in the Coastal Bend. They track these bats much the same way meteorologists track rain.
When the bats return to their caves in Hill County members of the Frio Nature Conservancy study the bats' guano to determine if the mosquitoes they ate were carriers of West Nile.
KRIS 6 News' Alex Stivers went along as the team checked on bats deep inside the Frio Cave.
Tonight on 6 News at 6 & 10, see how their research will help local communities learn where the mosquito hotspots are, and what can be done to help prevent an outbreak of West Nile Virus this summer.
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