In chapter 10, we are brought back to extinction with Elizabeth Kolbert and the mysterious deaths of a large amount of bats in Albany, New York. When she goes to conduct a bat census at a cave that was west of the city, they find a multitude of dead bats as well as evidence of the culprate which was a cold-loving fungus known as a psychrophile. Without having a name, the fungus was named Geomyces destructans. The effects or process of the fungi is unknown however, it is assumed that “the fungus eats away at the bats’ skin” causing them to wake up and “use up the fat stores that were supposed to take them through the winter” (p. 200).
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Chapter 10: The New Pangaea
In chapter 10, we are brought back to extinction with Elizabeth Kolbert and the mysterious deaths of a large amount of bats in Albany, New York. When she goes to conduct a bat census at a cave that was west of the city, they find a multitude of dead bats as well as evidence of the culprate which was a cold-loving fungus known as a psychrophile. Without having a name, the fungus was named Geomyces destructans. The effects or process of the fungi is unknown however, it is assumed that “the fungus eats away at the bats’ skin” causing them to wake up and “use up the fat stores that were supposed to take them through the winter” (p. 200).
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