http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/339816/title/Bat-killing_fungus_is_a_European_import_
This article talks about a disease in bats, that was mainly happening in Europe, but has now spread to the United States and some Provinces in Canada. Little brown bats that are healthy, may suffer of white-nose syndrome. This is a lethal disease that has devastated hibernating bats in 16 U.S states and four Canadian provinces. Some test results have shown that the fungus is spread in the shared hibernation spots, this fungus is widespread in Europe, but hasn’t caused a big impact like in the United States, most probably, because the bats have had time to develop ways to cope. Scientists are trying to pinpoint the exact cause of the syndrome, and are focusing on how to help with the scourge.
This article interested me, because I really didn’t know that the fungus that bats got on their nose was a lethal disease, so I thought that was interesting. I also wanted to make an article about animals, because I normally focus more on space and earth things instead of something more specific. I also find bats really interesting animals, I think that they are really amazing, that they are mammals and they can also fly, so they are very rare in my opinion. Mainly it also interested me, because we are studying biology in class, and even though ecology wasn’t one of my favorite topics I really like animals, I always have, so I think that is one way of how I can relate it to my life. In relationship with my life, the only moment when I have had a close encounter with a bat, was when I was in the farm, and my aunt woke up with a bat on her shoulder and I had to help her get it off her. In general I think that bats are really interesting and that’s like the main reason why I chose the article.
The area of interaction that this article focuses on is Environments, because its something that is going on in the environment of these bats. I think that it can be related to it, because of the fact that the hibernating environments in which the bats live is being damaged because of this disease, so I think that it is the area of interaction that the article really relates to.
