Darwin award material - don't bugger with bats, period. Too many disease possibilities, many of them serious. Trust me. I was a biologist. From government. :crying: :bighug:
I found a bat cave on the property of the little German lady we had our deer lease with down in South Texas.
I really didn't venture very far into it because of the ridiculously stinky smells ! Holy crap! :gassy: :face: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

It was a pretty big one but nowhere near as big as the bat population that hides under the bridge going over the Brazos River there in Austin.
 
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Darwin award material - don't bugger with bats, period. Too many disease possibilities, many of them serious. Trust me. I was a biologist. From government. :crying: :bighug:
Pigeon shit, mouse shit, bat shit, talcum powder... Inhaling the dust from any of those is a risk for lung disease. I hold my breath while scooping up powdered nutes instead of wearing a mask, and then exit the area while any dust settles. I don't think any supplier of nutes can be expected to test for trace pathogens. Paper masks say right on the box, "not for use with dangerous dusts or fumes," so they're not much help. To be safe you'd need a U.S. Dept of Mines approved cartridge respirator. Any kind of dust is harmful. I bought a truckload of white oak lumber from an Amish sawmill in Conewango Valley, NY, and they provided with it an MSDS safety data sheet warning that wood dust is a carcinogen. Save your lungs for the dabs.
 
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