Bats and their impact on some crops

Much of what I will be writing over the next few weeks will come from this wonderful book.

You may order this book online at Amazon Books or you may get a copy of it at your local library.

Wild varieties of the world's valuable crop plants rely on the bat for survival.

In addition, many of the crops that are sold commercially depend on the bats also. Without the bat, most if not all of these crops would fail.

Some of the better known crops are bananas, breadfruit, avocados, dates, figs, peaches and mangoes.

Others include cashews, carob, balsa wood, and kapok (which is used as a filler in life preservers).

Most of these plants are now commercially cultivated but the maintenance of the wild stock is of critical importance.

They are the only source of genetic material for developing strains that can resist disease.

Just think what our life would be like without these trees.

If you want to appreciate having them, you may thank the bat.

Did you ever thing about the impact the bat has on these items or others?

Most people do not give it a passing thought. But perhaps now you will.

Bats are not the awful creatures that have been portrayed in movies. They are not the enemy of mankind.

That's the same as saying all insects are harmful to mankind. We all know that would be a foolish thing to say but how many know that to state bats are a pest or harmful is foolish?

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