texascavers Digest 25 Jan 2009 10:23:07 -0000 Issue 698

texascavers Digest 25 Jan 2009 10:23:07 - Issue 698 Topics (messages 10054 through 10062): Re: Help the NSS 10054 by: Alex Sproul Latest White Nose Syndrome Bat News 10055 by: Minton, Mark L Yah pictures 10056 by: Lyndon Tiu TSA Members Area Update and Longhorn

[Texascavers] Carlsbad's 8 million 'lost' bats likely never existed :

Carlsbad's 8 million 'lost' bats likely never existed Thermal imaging and algorithms challenge famous estimate By _Susan Milius_ (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/authored/id/70/name/Susan_Milius) Web edition : Friday, January 23rd, 2009 Eight million is a lot of bats to lose, and

Re: [Texascavers] Carlsbad's 8 million 'lost' bats likely never existed :

Thanks for posting that, Jerry.  I have long wondered how the 8 million figure could be justified. DirtDoc

[Texascavers] Cave On - 2 Foreign Explorers Obsessed with China's Caves

The English language China on-line news, China.org.cn, in Sunday’s edition, January 25, 2009, featured an interview with Erin Lynch and Duncan Collis.   Some of you have met Erin, a US caver who is the driving force behind the Guilin-based Hong Meigui Cave Exploration Society.   Hong Meigui

[NMCAVER] Carlsbad's 8 million 'lost' bats likely never existed

Interesting application of modern science to an old rumor about how many bats there were in Carlsbad Cavern: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40178/title/Carlsbads_8_million_lost_bats_likely_never_existed. Mark Minton Carlsbad's 8 million 'lost' bats likely never existed Thermal