Using Bacteria to Detoxify Sea Food Waste

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Study done brackan cave, i think there was at least a thousand species and maybe a couple of hundred genera of bacteria. And among those, they found a whole bunch om the head biotechnological significance. See, when domestic insects in that cave feed on the bat droppings, their poop ends up creating a lot of ammonia. They could be used to detoxify some of the worst chemical wastes of industry in America.

“People fear most what they understand least." Words of wisdom from explorer/American treasure/bat expert, Dr. Merlin Tuttle. As your internet dad/host takes care of her surgically recuperating husband this week, we revisit her visit to Austin. In 2019, Alie headed to the bat capital and sat down with the legendary chiropterologist to discuss wild field stories and close calls and caves and comebacks and bat chatter and what a bat actually is and how big they get and what's up with their smushy noses, why folks are so frightened by them, the evolution of flight, echolocation, getting a bat out of your house, how they sleep upside down, which ones guzzle blood, and the latest on white nose syndrome -- which is not a drug problem. Sit back with a cup of tea or something stronger and get ready for adventure. Indiana Jones can get bent because Dr. Merlin Tuttle is the hero this nation needs.

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