Students learn about bats in a talk at the Camden Carroll Library

Students learned the importance of bats during a talk at the Camden Carroll Library for Halloween.

Dr. David Eisenhour and Dr. Lynn Eisenhour, Biology professor and lecturer at Morehead State, held an hour-long talk to discuss facts about bats.

“One of the major things was the threats to bats, so White Nose Syndrome, but also that most bats are not harmful to humans,” said Dr. David Eisenhour, a zoologist who has studied bats for over four years.

White Nose Syndrome is a disease affecting bats that is caused by fungus and considered one of the worst wildlife diseases in modern times.

The talk included information on identifying different types of bats and how they benefit our ecosystem from fruit bats to vampire bats.

David and Lynn Eisenhour said benefits of bats include insect control and pollination. The talk helped to educate students who attended that bats are not harmful and will not attack unwarranted.

“Yes, few bats carry rabies, but that’s a pretty rare thing,” said Dr. David Eisenhour. “We don’t really have to be scared of them, and they actually contribute a lot of positive things to human society, especially in the form of insect control.”

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