Bats

[sprintcyclist]

We went on a cave tour yesterday.
The guide was telling us about bats.

Apparently their 'echolocation' system is too high a frequency for us to hear BUT it is very loud.
It can be up to 140 dB he said !!!!!!!

Imagine the noise in a cave with a few bats giving 100dB of noise, the echoing around the cave chambers.
Would it kill you?

[Valkie]

There is all sorts of nasty diseases carried by bats and a bat cave is not a good place to be wandering around.

Histoplasmosis is caused by Histoplasma, a fungus that lives in the soil, particularly where there's a large amount of bird or bat poop. The infection ranges from mild to life-threatening. It can be misdiagnosed because its symptoms are similar to those of other illnesses, like pneumonia caused by bacteria.

I used to do a lot of spelunking as a kid and into my adulthood.
Avoided bat cave like the plague.