misunderstood. But bats are
really good for us. Not just
Batman, actual bats. Many of us
have enjoyed seeing them onto
the Wall Street bridge backlash
was got more. A special bond
Texas has with.
>> That’s how they can help our
health, our environment and
our economy. >> As the sun sets in downtown
>> As the sun sets in downtown
Houston bats emerge from
crevices between won drive
bridges, be tracking dozens of
people.
Pretty neat.
>> That person come out a
little bit. And then they just
burst out altogether and create
like a cloud of them.
Head off to where they go,
where they go can be
destinations of up to 50 miles
away.
>> That’s 100 miles round trip
traveling speeds of up to 55
miles per hour. Some bats can
travel. 99 miles per hour.
The harder they work, the
better it is for us. According
to Suzanne Jurek, a member of
Houston-area back team. They
say this a lot of money.
This column me alone in this
bridge that were standing under
Willie, 2 tons of insects and
free night when they come out.
>> Suzanne says this saves
farmers and ranchers, millions
of dollars. Each year they’ve
been able to cut back on their
chemical pesticide use. So
number one, the farmers are
saving money on their supplies,
their pesticides. Number 2,
we’re getting fruit and
vegetables with less chemical
summit. And number 3, these
bats are getting an amazing
meal shoes and adds if you
enjoy margarita as you can,
thank the only mammal capable
of true powered flight bats
pollinate the agave plant,
which is what is used to make
tequila, according to Texas
Parks and Wildlife. There are
more than 1300 species of bats
worldwide. 30 of those species
hang upside down in Texas more
than any other state. Houston
is home to 11 species most live
in trees alone in small groups
or large colonies. All backs in
Houston. Eat insects. There are
no vampire bats or fruit bats
in our neck of the woods.
The Mexican freetail bad is the
most common back in Texas
living in large colonies.
Texas’s bond with bat is
special as we have the largest
bat colony in the world at
Bracken Cave outside of San
Antonio, its population get
this 20 million, some 300,000
Bats Drive Bridge Home. And
in Huntsville, close to
1 million vax live in an
abandoned state prison
building. We take in injured
and orphaned wildlife. Number
one, this is their hands their
year. Mary Warwick is executive
director at Houston, Humane
Society T Wrc Wildlife Center.
She’s also the only backed
rehab in Houston at the moment,
Mary says as we enter colder
months, that’s my tried to
Krebs deeper into people’s
attics. Here’s a tip. If you do
not want them there, wait until
evening. When all about to come
out. And this is a good time of
year to do it because there are
no babies, but they can let
the bats all come out and then
seal it up and about to find
somewhere else to go.
>> A lot of tips. Okay. So
you’re probably wondering about
rabies. Less than one percent
of bats have rabies.
>> According to Texas Parks
and Wildlife, one disease
threatening backs across North
America is white nose syndrome.
It’s a fatal fungus. Poor backs
and has wiped out colonies
across the country. It’s been
detected here in Texas as well.
White nose syndrome does not
cause illness in people, but
people can spread the fungus
from colony to colony on their
clothes. So just wash your
clothes if you are visiting
these other places. And lastly,
a lot of experts do recommend
bat houses, but they have to
have the right temperature and
they have to be facing the
correct direction. Well, the
source of water nearby river
because it was my next
question. I think a lot of us
were like, hey, we’ve got the
bugs around the house. We love
the bats I think I’m not so
afraid. Yeah.
>> And a good thing to do with
your children if you want to
build these homes. But yet bats
are extremely beneficial to
our environment. Of course,