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"A group of state biologists spent the better part of Friday going into caves where bats are known to live.The group went into caves in the Rumford area to study the effect of white nose fungus.Click here to watch storyOfficials said it is killing the bat population which serves as nature's insecticide.\"The big concern of course is the extremely important role in the ecosystem, thy eat a lot a lot of insects. We're talking in North America $3.7 to $4 billion worth of agricultural pests along. They're eating mosquitoes, they're eating flies. They're eating moths which are a real important agricultural pest,\" said John DePue, a biologist with Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.Biologists are asking for the public's help in keeping the bat population from further decline.Officials said if you can tolerate them, try not to have the bats in your attic removed during the summer. They said the young might not be old enough to survive.They are also asking people to stay out of caves during the winter while bats are hibernating and if possible, put bat boxes on your property."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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