Happy Halloween Nature Nerds! This week Jen shares some news about how people react to Haunted Houses and then Megan talks folks getting stuck in Chimneys, the plight of Chimney Sweeps, and bats! We hope you enjoy!

Organization to Support: Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation (MTBC)

https://www.merlintuttle.org/

No group of mammals has been more misunderstood, needlessly feared, or intensely persecuted than bats. Relying on a powerful combination of science, field knowledge, and photography, MTBC is helping save millions of bats, protecting public health, economies and worldwide ecosystems by teaching people to live harmoniously with bats through Merlin’s one-of-a-kind experience.

Our mission: inspiring bat conservation worldwide.

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation (MTBC) was founded by Dr. Merlin Tuttle. He has studied and photographed bats worldwide for more than 60 years. He founded and led Bat Conservation International (BCI) for 30 years, then left BCI in 2009 and founded MTBC. Merlin’s unique photography and communication first led to global appreciation of bats as safe, invaluable, even cute, and likable. No one has better demonstrated the power of combining captivating photos with sound science to win friends instead of battles for bats. Nor has anyone better demonstrated how conservation can benefit humans. Merlin’s legendary photos and experience provide invaluable guidance and inspiration that must be preserved and shared for future generations. MTBC is now Merlin’s sole source of support, both for his ongoing conservation efforts and for preservation of his priceless photo collection and legacy resources.

References:

https://www.ranker.com/list/people-who-got-stuck-and-died-in-chimneys/laura-allan

https://www.vice.com/en/article/nn95pg/a-brief-history-of-people-getting-stuck-in-chimneys-and-dying-302

https://www.findachimneysweep.co.uk/dead-people-found-inside-chimneys/

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-02/documents/wood_smoke_awareness_kit.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_sweep

https://sanduskyregister.com/news/23706/deaths-inside-chimneys-happen-occasionally/

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/Bats/Little-Brown-Bat#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20little%20brown%20bats,northern%20United%20States%20into%20Canada.

https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/big-brown-bat.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/how-to-get-rid-of-bats-or-birds-in-your-chimney/2017/07/28/7d92866e-6e21-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/#currency-result

How to build a bat house! https://www.nwf.org/garden-for-wildlife/cover/build-a-bat-house