{"id":9167,"date":"2012-07-17T04:27:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=9167"},"modified":"2012-07-17T04:27:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:27:22","slug":"green-divas-on-bat-conservation-and-other-cool-stuff-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/green-divas-on-bat-conservation-and-other-cool-stuff-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Divas on Bat Conservation and Other Cool Stuff (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jbD9YzqMzEw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>We had a little fun this week getting settled into our new Green Divas HQ. In this video, we talk about Green Diva Lisa&#8217;s travels, having a relatively eco-friendly move and why I&#8217;m celebrating having bats in the belfry!<\/p>\n<p><em>Here is an excerpt from my recent post about bats:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Important Things You Should Know About Bats<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bats &amp; Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bats are key pollinators in many parts of the world \u2013 over 75% of the world\u2019s crops rely on animals and bats are an important pollinator.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bat-dependent plants include:<\/strong><\/em> Bananas, plantain, breadfruit, peaches, mangos, dates, figs, and cashews. Bats also provide a wonderful source of natural fertilizer for cave ecosystems and agricultural systems as well. In some countries, bat guano has become a major business.<\/p>\n<p>A single mouse-eared bat, which is widespread in North America can capture 1,000 or more mosquito-sized insects in JUST ONE HOUR!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Busting Bat Myths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bats seldom spread disease<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 less than 1\/2 of 1% of wild bats have rabies.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bats do NOT want to get tangled in your hair!<\/strong><\/em> They have extremely good radar and will not encounter a human by choice.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vampire bats are rare<\/strong> <\/em>and NONE live in the US.<\/p>\n<p><em>for the full post, <a title=\"green diva meg's post about bats and bat conservation\" href=\"http:\/\/thegreendivas.com\/2012\/07\/14\/bats-in-the-belfry-and-why-it-is-a-good-thing\/#\" target=\"_blank\">please click here!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a little fun this week getting settled into our new Green Divas HQ. In this video, we talk about Green Diva Lisa&#8217;s travels, having a relatively eco-friendly move and why I&#8217;m celebrating having bats in the belfry! <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/green-divas-on-bat-conservation-and-other-cool-stuff-video\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":12021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[5505,345],"tags":[6582,6583,6584,301,9023],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/green-divas-on-bat-conservation.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}