Sentences with phrase «of thousands of bats»

Tiny ostracods thrived in a pool of water in the cave that was continually enriched by the droppings of thousands of bats,» says Professor Archer.

Not exact matches

But when globalization destroyed hundreds of thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs, few elite policymakers batted an eyelash.

Most started playing professionally on one of the thousands of semi-pro clubs and company teams scattered across the country: steel mills and ice creameries offered $ 40 a month plus a job for good arms and hot bats, and every small town in the Midwest seemed to have its own amateur squad.

Hernandez, whose family is one of thousands in Puerto Rico affected by the devastation of Hurricane Maria, exchanged text messages with his mother before taking batting practice for Game 5 of the NLCS.

«I'll never know why, at the single worst possible moment, I missed a fly ball I've caught thousands of times in batting practice,» Brown says.

He's observed thousands of bat species up close (he's even had a few fly up his shirt and pant leg), and has learned there's more to appreciate than fear when it comes to bats.

Found mainly in tropical forests on the Indian subcontinent, this spectacular mammal usually resides in a treetop colony with hundreds or sometimes thousands of other bats.

It's Jose, telling us he's spotted the species we have travelled thousands of miles to a remote underground cave in western Cuba to find — the Cuban greater funnel - eared bat.

But there is an ecological consequence to bat extinction: A single bat can eat thousands of insects in a single night.

The steady rain of poo from thousands of bats in the cave would have led to high levels of phosphorus in the water, which could have aided mineralisation of the soft tissues.

After analyzing the genes of about a thousand bats, the researchers studied the exact composition of the MHC genes as well as the molecular structure of three families of olfactory receptor genes: TAAR2, TAAR3 and TAAR8.

The two species of bats coexisted for several thousand years.

Deforestation of the Amazon is forcing thousands of bats from their natural habitat and into close contact with humans.

But Scott Pedersen, an evolutionary biologist at South Dakota State University in Brookings, criticizes the research for including too few species of bats, given that roughly a thousand exist.

Not surprisingly, both C. lectularius and C. hemipterus became human parasites thousands of years ago in Old World caves, when people shared caves with bats, other research has shown.

And it remains far from clear that bats are the hosts of the deadly zoonotic disease since two similar surveys of thousands of animals, including bats, at sites where human outbreaks occurred in the past failed to turn up any sign of Ebola virus.

Every year animal control gets thousands of calls just in the city ofLincoln about bats, squirrels, skunks, raccoons, and other wildlife getting into homes.

A new man - made cave near Clarksville is being built to give thousands of bats a safe haven from a devastating infection called white - nose syndrome; the experimental project may house bats» best hope against the disease.

The cave in the cliff fully with thousand of the bats.

On the north side of the main temple area, there is a nature cave dwelt by thousand of bats.

As dusk settles, a visit to the entrance of Barker's Tube allows you to witness the amazing bat emergence as literally thousands of micro bats leave to feed at night.

The island gets its name from the thousands of giant bats that roost in the mangroves on the island and take to the skies in their hordes at sunset.

It was dark in the cave so we were further told to keep our mouths closed when looking up as there were thousands of bats that inhabited the cave and it's quite easy to get batshit in your mouth.

Tour followed by a visit to Pura Goa Lawah, Temple cave guarded by thousands of bats hanging didinding cave mouth.

Pura Goa Lawah example, where the temple is located at the mouth of a cave filled with thousands of bats.

Cheeky monkeys of Ubud» s Monkey Forest, Sangeh Monkey Forest, Alas Kedaton forest, Uluwatu Temple, or Pulaki Temple; the holy snakes of Tanah Lot Temple; thousands of bats of Goa Lawah (Bat Cave) Temple, and other...

At the sight of thousands of these large bats departing on their evening forage you are reminded of old Dracula movies.

There is a nature cave dwelt by thousands of tail bat located at north side from Jeroan / center of Gua Lawah Temple.

The ceiling is alive with thousands of fluttering, squawking, vibrating, long nose fruit bats.

A very important temple to the Balinese, whilst most tourist mainly come here to see the thousands of bats within the temple.

Snorkel with mantas at Makassar, then overnight near Pink Beach on Komodo Island with an opportunity to view thousands of bats embarking on their nightly journeys

Pura Goa Lawah is often referred to as the «Bat Cave» as it is built in a cave inhabited by thousands of bats.

At Goa Lawah, explore the famous 11th century cave home to thousands of bats and revered python snakes.

The last one is Kalong Island to see thousands of bats on their natural habits.

• Goa Lawah or Bat Cave is a temple with nature cave dwelt by thousands of tail bat.

To the east of here, another attraction of limited interest is Goa Lalay bat cave, best viewed at sunset when thousands of bats fly out for their nighty feast, combine a visit to the bat cave with a trip to the lively and colourful fish markets in the centre of the town.

Thousand of bats live here.

With the announcement of Tatsunoko VS Capcom «s North American release as well as the recent re-release of MvC2 on XBLA / PSN, Capcom seems to be batting a thousand lately when it comes to giving fans what they want.

Even more absurd and outrageous, the same Obama USFWS has given wind turbine companies permits to kill hundreds of bald and golden eagles — and thousands of raptors, other birds and bats, many of them threatened or endangered — every year for the next 30 years.

Tip o» the hat to M. Kay Barton Robert Johns — March 5, 2015 — American Bird Conservancy American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to institute a new system of pre-construction risk assessment and bird and bat mortality data collection in connection with hundreds of thousands of -LSB-...]

Estimates of just how many bats are dying range from the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

Consider just one example: the hundreds of thousands of rare birds and endangered bats slaughtered in the US every year by the wind farms that Hillary Clinton applauds (and will no doubt go on subsidising) and that Donald Trump loathes (and will no doubt starve of subsidies and cause to become as extinct as the Dodo).

Harm down to nature by the destruction of tropical rain forests to grow biofuel crops and to the thousands if not millions of birds and bats killed by Wind Turbines.

Poisoning or otherwise killing common bats that have nested in one's attic can cost homeowners thousands of dollars in fines.

Pattern Energy's use of radar, on their Kenedy ranch wind project in Texas, is a failure: thousands of birds and bats have been reported killed in the short history of this wind farm and thousands more remain unreported due to flawed mortality studies.

Sheila Pratt — National Post — November 19, 2014 EDMONTON — Thousands of bats die on southern Alberta wind farms each year, but it's unclear what effect that is having on the overall population, says Canada's foremost bat expert, Robert Barclay.

To all the thousands of local citizen - science organizations that look after the world's bats, birds, fishes, mammals, herps, butterflies, trees, flowers, mushrooms... and G * d knows what other life - forms!

Just higher electrical rates, destroyed rural health and communities, and hundreds of thousands of dead birds and bats.

The Oakland A's were able to assess players based on thousands of times at bat in similar conditions.

We hiked through the Bayano Caves, which is essentially an underground cave and river, swam in snake and cayman - infested waters, came across four Fer - de-lances (really deadly snakes) and a scorpion, stood in the cave / river while thousands of bats whooshed over us like a giant bat - wave, and in the end reached a beautiful natural pool that twinkled and that we could have stayed in forever.