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Originally Posted by austin242
As well Austin has more Bats than average. Back in high school our theater had 1000's of bats in it. I remember finding a couple in the theater myself.
http://batspecialist.com/cave-notes/...at-akins-high/
I love the bats though because it helps with our mosquito problem in the summer. We also have huge amounts of fire ants. |
we have a lot of bats in st. louis, too. there were caves all along the river in the karst topography and being at the northeast toe of the ozark uplift which is loaded with caves (we still have problems with ponds dewatering in city parks through the cave system...hence missouri is the cave state), and i guess the bats also took up in the many voids in old infrastructure and buildings. you can see them swooping in at dusk, as in austin, controlling the mosquito population.
armadillos have moved into the area, which are fairly disgusting i guess since they carry leprosy...
southern flora and fauna is generally moving in, like kudzu, etc. i had a jobsite that was completely covered in it down by the river north of downtown, inside the city limits of st. louis. this photo is from just south of the city:
stltoday.com
asian carp have invaded suburban lakes around st. louis that have canals connected to the missouri or mississippi river system (this photo is from a culling a few weeks ago):
stltoday.com