And let them talk! Hardly any interruptions and when he does its to ask a question about the subject, not to change it, not to get the attention on him, what a great listener
agree. but Joe is also a simpleton w just a hs degree who is easily duped, such as when he fawns over a middling journalist cosplaying as an archaeologist.
I live right next to a lake and I've had 3 bat houses for like 5 years now. These little guys destroy all, mosquitos, flies and nats. I really don't have any problems around the house with flying insects any more.
Problem is if they get into a building where people live, find any little route into the roof. Then you might end up with a bug infestation which the bats bring in with them. We had newish buildings in good condition but bats still found a way in, then we got a bug infestation which then spread into other buildings and into the homes of guests. The end cost was huge, with several homes needing massive pest control operations.
@@paulcarmi8130 It was an absolutely massive operation...in several homes!! And where I live insurance companies don't usually cover it! Needless to say we all changed our coverage to ones that include such bug infestations... In one house they had to heat-treat every single piece of fabric or anything the bugs can live in, only hard materials could stay behind.
@@pistonburner6448 should of gotten cats. My cat torturers bat's. Let's them go and them pounces on them again. I rescued one of the bat's and I never saw it come back
In Austin Texas has the largest urban bat colony in the world all because of the grooves under one cement bridge. The grooves are the perfect width to make the bats comfortable. It was not deliberately done. Its a tourist attraction and people sit on the park lawn beside the bridge every evening watching the bats pour out in clouds. They watch live bands play music there by the river and its mosquito free. They need to build all bridges with these little grooves underneath them.
Around 1915, a San Antonio Texas doctor, Dr. Charles A. Campbell, got the county to build houses, towers, for bats. He hypothesized that malaria always comes during mosquito season, and made his case. The county built the houses and discovered it had to be near water, and so on. Moral of the story, east Texas soon had hundreds of bat houses that looked like a spooky Victorian house tower and very few new cases of malaria.
As a vet who works with our Native American bats, I’ve known Merlin for a great many years. We had a difference of opinion on crop techniques, but I’m very glad to see he’s still an iconic figure in the bat world and still fighting the good fight for our favorite animal. ❤
A nursing brown bat can can eat up to 1100 mosquitoes per night. We used to have quite the mosquito problem around here. About 10 years ago I built several bat boxes handing a few out to neighbors. It took about 3 years until it got to the point where mosquitoes are actually scarce around here. Bat boxes just plain old work!
@@atomicsmith it's not illegal to put up bat boxes but it is if it attracts greater brown bats..you can have em naturally, but can't attract them with houses
I attended a talk given by a bat expert and was impressed with why bats are so important. This was at a pesticide applicators training session. The importance of non chemical control is a part of integrated pest control.
These are my favorite episodes where Joe finds a knowledgeable expert in an obscure topic and they proceed to have a magnetic discussion for like 2 hours.
We have a bat house on my farm near the house and they are so good at keeping the mosquitos down. 90% of the day we don't see any at all (mosquitos). It's fantastic.
Aside from the bat subject, this guy has life lessons in learning and dealing with people that could power the next 500 years. He need to write the book "Win Friend's Not Battles". That's Carnegie level stuff right there.
I grew up 10 Miles from Boston Massachusetts next to a swamp. The misquitoes were in the millions if not billions and bearly any bats, maybe 1 or 2 on a good night. I now live in centeral Massachusetts and cleared out some land for a homestead, next to a swamp. Which I was so dreading from the past, with misquitoes. So I put up 3 bat houses, over 2 acres to help the local bat population from the trees that were knocked down. Its been amazing maybe 1 misquieto I hear a night, not bitten but I hear a night compares the the tens of thousands growing up. Roughly 15-20 bats flying getting all them suckers. The Orchard, garden and wild medow (native plants non cultivated) all thrive on the balance of nature.
yeah, all creatures pretty much have a role to play in the balance of life.... except cockroaches. Absolutely no need for them whatsoever. kill them all I say.
Bat's are awesome animals to have around. I've had a bat house, made and mounted to specifications for a decade and only wasps have found it desirable so far.
@@fishfood8719 :D Had a moment where I thought couple bats were checking it out but I happened to be pruning, sawing limbs off pistachio tree right next to bat house and scared them off one evening. Probably just my imagination running wild.
Decades ago a residential window-cleaning customer had thousands of imported African bats living under huge specially-made window shutters on his entire mansion. He said there wasn't a mosquito within two miles, & that's why he got the bats. Eccentric old guy, a very rich owner of a huge wire cable manufacturing plant. Kinda creepy doin that job though they left me alone.
You know the guest is REALLY good when Joe gets quiet. He’s really good at letting the good ones roll and calling out the ones who are half-baked. No pun intended.
Yes, it’s Joe acknowledging he has much to learn from his guest. When he speaks it’s to get details or clarification on what his guest has unintentionally under explained to an audience new to the subject.
My brother made bat houses for an eagle scout project. We kept one in the back yard and a few bats moved in. They are surprisingly easy to make and the bags are pretty effective with keeping mosquitoes away.
I grew up in the 60's when everyone thought bats wanted to get tangled in your hair and bite you. I distinctly remember when my two buddies and I went camping in some woods. Right at dusk we started seeing bats and they were swooping down at us. We thought they were attacking us, so we jumped in the cab of the pickup until they left. What I figured out years later was those bats were helping us, not attacking us. As we were sitting there eating small swarms of mosquitoes were hovering over our heads, attracted by the CO2 we were emitting as we breathed. We had heavily doused ourselves in repellant, so none were landing on us, but they were still attracted and hovering right above us. The bats were swooping down to feed on those mosquitoes and not on us!
Love this guy’s stories! Once i was in a bat cave .. we were in a tight tunnel like space at one point the bats started to fly around us passing inches from our heads..no one touched us.. was quite an amazing experience.
One time I was on vacation in nature reserve, had gone on a longer walk than anticipated and darkness had fallen. On my way back to my accommodation I was walking on a path through dense shrubbery very close to a disused windmill. I quickly realised there were bats flying past me in and out of the windmill using the path as a corridor. I couldn’t see the bats, it was too dark, but I could feel the brief but repeated movements of air from their wings as they flew past. I knew they had no interest in me and certainly no desire to harm themselves by crashing into me so kept walking calmly, at the same pace, along the path. It was quite magical. 🦇
One time I was on vacation in nature reserve, had gone on a longer walk than anticipated and darkness had fallen. On my way back to my accommodation I was walking on a path through dense shrubbery very close to a disused windmill. I quickly realised there were bats flying past me in and out of the windmill using the path as a corridor. I couldn’t see the bats, it was too dark, but I could feel the brief but repeated movements of air from their wings as they flew past. I knew they had no interest in me and certainly no desire to harm themselves by crashing into me so kept walking calmly, at the same pace, along the path. It was quite magical. 🦇
This guest is amazing ..apart from the important work he does, his life philosophy and ability to listen and engage authentically, having the tough conversations over and over is how you make a difference in this world. Very inspiring.
I wish there were more comments for subject matter like this. Most people are so brainwashed with what a quick fix can do with regards to farming and agriculture ie chemicals, that they don't investigate alternatives. This is a fantastic video. Love the way Rogan interviews and shines a light on people from all walks of life.
"We shouldn't be dwelling in the past, it's the future that counts. We've all made crazy mistakes in the past, and we wouldn't want to be hated for the rest of our lives for what we did wrong before we knew what was right". wisedom
I’ve been at a Landacape project for 6 months and the house has about 4 of these bat houses. You can often hear them midday. After watching this I noticed there aren’t many pesky insects at the property. Cool stuff
I love when Joe Brings in people to talk about what they are passionate about. Feels like I gain some actually useful knowledge from these type of interviews.
I'm an hour into this podcast and wow this guy is easily one of his best guest he's a little old so it takes a second but when he gets going amazing the pollen stuff on bats was actually amazing to learn
Wow. I really dig this guy. Heck Joe, the largest single bat colony in the world, is right here in Texas. We have several sanctuaries under some of our downtown bridges here in Houston. They're all along Buffalo Bayou.
We have a large shop on the farm. On one side it is like a garage for parking with a closed in attic. One morning I was pulling the boat out at first light and watched 100s of bat’s coming in Over the corn fields to land on the brick wall and climbed into the attic . It was so cool to see them. Just like mini jet fighters . I still can’t believe just how many there were
I have bats around my home, mostly in a small patch of woods behind my property. They are amazing and we never have much issue with mosquitoes, or those troublesome Lantern flies? They must do a number on them & now I think I will build them a nice house in my big 110 ft high Red Sequoia!
Me and my dad set them up when I was a kid. The garage had a big Dusk-till-dawn light on it that attracted lots of bugs at night. As a kid I loved going out there and watching and listening to the bats zip through the swarm and eat bugs.
I sound say I'm ecologist and nature love as well logical viewer, Joe you have been the best program I have been able to view on RUclips. Thanks Joe and your guest.
I built a bat box as a carpentry project 10 years ago and put it up high in a tree. I still see bats flying back and forth eating up mosquitoes and other bugs most nights at that spot
I live in Colorado and there’s so many bats in the summer they look like flocks of birds . I barley see mosquitos when they are at their “peak “ anymore … it all makes sense
I had one of these Bats are great! They also got into the siding, one morning I stood next to the opening around dawn, hundreds of bats flew within inches of me not one of them ever touched me. The backyard with pond was always bug free.
In 20 years or so when these social media,video game and pornography addiction will reap its results on the world I know I’m being a bit harsh but this new generation of kids have grown up in a completely different lifestyle which I see as very dangerous...teaching them more about lgbtq agendas than actual important subjects most kids in the u.s only care about things that are not useful at all
A few years ago I got about half a dozen bats flying around in my bedroom in an old 19th Century house in Brittany. Lasted about 20 minutes. Really cool. Brittany is in NW France and popular for Dolmens. It has also got a very poor bus service, however, stick out your thumb and 9 out of ten times (Passes) you'll certainly get a lift further up the road...
I went up north in Canada to a campground when I was a kid. I remember hearing that they exterminated all the bats there not long before we showed up, and it was deer fly HELL during the day, and mosquito HELL during the night. The bug zapper was constantly on all night, and constantly killing them. Mosquitoes got into my dad's tent and ate him alive. I have a feeling that the bats would have helped.
The whole bs rabies scare in Canada ruined the bats. When I was a kid they had you sit at night in camp ground theater areas where they taught you about bats and showed you the houses and you watched them fly out
one of my fondest memories is my grandpa chasing a bat with a broom and my grandma chewing him out saying leave my killers alone pawpaw. she had bat houses. he didn’t like them getting in the basement. that was 40 years ago. those houses are still there sometimes a year or 2 they are empty then bang there will be a few coming out every few mins.
I’ve been thinking about installing bat houses around my property for years. What’s kept me from doing it so far is that they don’t discriminate between insects and eradicate beneficial insects just as successfully as pests. That includes pollinators like honey bees.
Always liked throwing pebbles in the air and watching bats swoop in at it. Have also seen a sick bat flying during mid day get plucked out the air by a falcon. # Bat talk
That’s crazy man 😮 I’ve only seen a hawk take out a pigeon so far 😅 but I also remember playing soccer as kid and you could see them flying around the big field lights catching the bugs it was pretty cool
Bats over pesticides?? This is an option?!?! Hell yeah!! I’ll be putting these up immediately! We’ll be helping so many other organisms by not using pesticides.
@@Sixrabbbitif you want to get rid of weeds the less cancerous way use some strong vinegar (home Depot has 30%) mixed it with some water and dish soap. Forget the ratio off the top of my head. Make sure you spray it when you know it's not going to rain for a day or two.
I once read that mosquitos spawn less in lakes and ponds and more in thin bodies of water like garbage can lids, or puddles. My opinion is that everyone should drill a hole or two in their garbage can so that any standing water can drain out and keep a lid on it. Mosquitos always lay eggs in the rain that falls into garbage cans.
There was a doctor who built enormous bat houses the size of large sheds all over the country to stop malaria in the late 1800s. He was very successful in his efforts.
being a resident of southern California allows me to live with my doors and windows open most of the year..... that being said one of my favorite things are the bats that fly in thru second story door and do a few hot laps in the house for bugs and fly back out just the way they came in
Bro we are truly running out of men like him passionate about something that is important to the human race...I can’t imagine what it’s gonna be like in 20 yrs or so, how will these video game,social media selfish kids manage the world 😅🤔
We have had these for a long time in my area. You can buy them at local bazaars and such. I would have one, but my home is surrounded by trees, and I already got plenty of bats around.
All praise the Bat Man! hahaha Man people get some crazy ideas no doubt about it. Bats are cool! Love seeing a few of them flying around the house in the evening. Kinda freaky when they buzz by real close at night and you can't see them. Just gotta trust them, kinda like hummingbirds. I don't have a good place to hang a house but there's always a few living in the house vents on both ends. They pooped the place up and rotted out molding but I replaced it with PVC molding. Poop away yon bats! hahahaha
We have an orchard and the Japanese beetles are just a plague and I can't control them I'll have to do some research on this. Their really hard on peaches to the point of taking the trees out.
I went to the University of Florida. My first dorm was about a hundred yards from the largest man made bat structure in the world. Use to love watching them leave the bat house to eat at sunset. Truly a spectacle! Now I don’t know how they affect the ecosystem there because I’m no expert and there were ALOT of insects down there 😂 hate to see what it would be like if the bats weren’t there.
I never remember getting eaten up by mosquitoes in my time there 🤔 when they put up the bird choppers for you know the planet people totally disregard how many bats they kill as well.
But if the bats get into a building where people live, find any little route into the roof, then you might end up with a pest infestation. We had newish buildings in good condition at our summer home, but bats still found a way in and brought in a bug infestation which then spread into other buildings and into the homes of guests. The end cost was huge, several homes needed massive pest control operations.
Love this gentleman. I wonder if there's an expert on control of insects such as aphids that don't really fly around (sap suckers). It seems like ladybugs fly away to other places shortly after release. I'd love to learn more about this aspect of pest control (non-flying insects). Maybe bats and other ways could drastically reduce use of poisonous insecticides.
I have about 10-20 bats Mexican Short Tail I think (I like in S.E. Texas) living in my attic. I like bats but is it acceptable to have them live in your attic?
Joe is an original.. he has people on from all over the spectrum. I disagree with much of his opinion but appreciate the scope. A lot of folks would spaz out about a budget for bat research... science is the way forward
some companion plants also act as bug repellent. ppl can also add in predator insects that hunt other insects like lady bugs and praying mantis, and much more of course. certain birds like ducks are used to clear fields of slugs and other things in asia, there are many complementary creatures in nature who could hep us. greenhouse aquaculture also cuts down on pest massively and reduces water use 10x or more.
I think people who wonder why Joe is the biggest Podcaster in the world need to watch this interview. Like him or not he has an amazing talent for getting the most out of guests. This guy's is clearly incredibly knowlagable about an interesting and important topic but the conversation would have died in the water 2 minutes into this clip with someone even a little less skilled at getting the most out of the people they're talking too and making them comfortable enough to just feel like their talking to an interested friend.
I love bats & bat houses. We've got 3 set up on our property, & the neighbors have the same, that overlook the neighbor's pond - which they love - an easy food & water source that keeps them around. Between the bats, ducks & guineas between us & the neighbors, we've got our little 5 mile radius locked down on mosquito, fly & tick control!
I'd love to put up a bat box where I live, but I don't know if it would work with the weather around here. It looks like the bat houses need to be pretty exposed, but when it's 115 degrees in the summer, I'd worry they would be cooked alive.
I remember when I was a teenager and I was walking with my friend and all the sudden we saw a ton of bats she was scared told her it was okay there just eating bugs under the street light and we sat down at a bench that was far away from them but we could still see them and we just watch them eat all the bugs under the streetlight I haven't seen a bat in this town since it's honestly sad
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@@SuhMikeno. This guy is a clown that just steals clips from Joes show and pastes them on his channel.
@@SuhMikeJoes podcast is free on Spotify
Not the Bat man we asked for, but definitely the Bat man we need.
Not the batman we deserve either lol
Lol well I liked him. Really cute and smart old man.
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These episodes are so wholesome. No politics, no agenda, just some old fellar tellin us about his love of bats. 10/10
This is when Joe shines, finding an expert who is passionate and wants to tell their story.
And let them talk! Hardly any interruptions and when he does its to ask a question about the subject, not to change it, not to get the attention on him, what a great listener
Agreed. Rogan asks the pertinent questions that keep the conversation relevant and interesting.
Get off his nuts, Jesus
It really kills the show when Joe acts like he is the expert on ANY topic..
agree. but Joe is also a simpleton w just a hs degree who is easily duped, such as when he fawns over a middling journalist cosplaying as an archaeologist.
I live right next to a lake and I've had 3 bat houses for like 5 years now. These little guys destroy all, mosquitos, flies and nats. I really don't have any problems around the house with flying insects any more.
Problem is if they get into a building where people live, find any little route into the roof. Then you might end up with a bug infestation which the bats bring in with them. We had newish buildings in good condition but bats still found a way in, then we got a bug infestation which then spread into other buildings and into the homes of guests. The end cost was huge, with several homes needing massive pest control operations.
@@pistonburner6448 that’s terrifying
@@paulcarmi8130 It was an absolutely massive operation...in several homes!! And where I live insurance companies don't usually cover it! Needless to say we all changed our coverage to ones that include such bug infestations...
In one house they had to heat-treat every single piece of fabric or anything the bugs can live in, only hard materials could stay behind.
@@pistonburner6448was it mites?
@@pistonburner6448 should of gotten cats. My cat torturers bat's. Let's them go and them pounces on them again. I rescued one of the bat's and I never saw it come back
In Austin Texas has the largest urban bat colony in the world all because of the grooves under one cement bridge. The grooves are the perfect width to make the bats comfortable. It was not deliberately done. Its a tourist attraction and people sit on the park lawn beside the bridge every evening watching the bats pour out in clouds. They watch live bands play music there by the river and its mosquito free. They need to build all bridges with these little grooves underneath them.
As cool as that is if every vridge was like thst all the guano would fuck up a lot of rivers
Yeah and they shit on your head from time to time. Including my ex gf lol
Around 1915, a San Antonio Texas doctor, Dr. Charles A. Campbell, got the county to build houses, towers, for bats. He hypothesized that malaria always comes during mosquito season, and made his case. The county built the houses and discovered it had to be near water, and so on. Moral of the story, east Texas soon had hundreds of bat houses that looked like a spooky Victorian house tower and very few new cases of malaria.
THIS is the kind of person that NEEDS more attention. Passionate about solving problems in a caring and reasonable way. Too many have slipped away.
As a vet who works with our Native American bats, I’ve known Merlin for a great many years. We had a difference of opinion on crop techniques, but I’m very glad to see he’s still an iconic figure in the bat world and still fighting the good fight for our favorite animal. ❤
I would like to know the details. This is the first instance that I have heard about bats being used specifically in IPM for rice cultivation
I’m sorry but I read this and imagined a bat with a Mohawk and a bow and arrow 😂
What were your differences?
Indian Bats??
A nursing brown bat can can eat up to 1100 mosquitoes per night. We used to have quite the mosquito problem around here. About 10 years ago I built several bat boxes handing a few out to neighbors. It took about 3 years until it got to the point where mosquitoes are actually scarce around here. Bat boxes just plain old work!
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We use purple Martin houses for the same purpose so now I'm wondering which animal eats more mosquitoes the bat or purple Martin lol
Putting up bat boxes is illegal where I am if it attracts greater brown bat
@@Bruins-vq5eywhere is it illegal to put up bat boxes?
@@atomicsmith it's not illegal to put up bat boxes but it is if it attracts greater brown bats..you can have em naturally, but can't attract them with houses
The wisdom in this man is absolutely remarkable. He showed it when speaking about how he approached his conservation activities.
I attended a talk given by a bat expert and was impressed with why bats are so important. This was at a pesticide applicators training session. The importance of non chemical control is a part of integrated pest control.
These are my favorite episodes where Joe finds a knowledgeable expert in an obscure topic and they proceed to have a magnetic discussion for like 2 hours.
I wish he would bring this guy on again
We have a bat house on my farm near the house and they are so good at keeping the mosquitos down. 90% of the day we don't see any at all (mosquitos). It's fantastic.
Aside from the bat subject, this guy has life lessons in learning and dealing with people that could power the next 500 years. He need to write the book "Win Friend's Not Battles". That's Carnegie level stuff right there.
“Win friends, not battles.” - Pure Gold! 👍
I grew up 10 Miles from Boston Massachusetts next to a swamp. The misquitoes were in the millions if not billions and bearly any bats, maybe 1 or 2 on a good night. I now live in centeral Massachusetts and cleared out some land for a homestead, next to a swamp. Which I was so dreading from the past, with misquitoes. So I put up 3 bat houses, over 2 acres to help the local bat population from the trees that were knocked down. Its been amazing maybe 1 misquieto I hear a night, not bitten but I hear a night compares the the tens of thousands growing up. Roughly 15-20 bats flying getting all them suckers. The Orchard, garden and wild medow (native plants non cultivated) all thrive on the balance of nature.
I already learned something listening to this man . I also changed my thoughts on bats.
yeah, all creatures pretty much have a role to play in the balance of life.... except cockroaches. Absolutely no need for them whatsoever. kill them all I say.
Bat's are awesome animals to have around. I've had a bat house, made and mounted to specifications for a decade and only wasps have found it desirable so far.
I have some in my neighborhood. I see them flying around every so often
@@Mrbfgray But have you been shining the bat signal at night? Shine it and they will come. 🦇
@@fishfood8719 :D Had a moment where I thought couple bats were checking it out but I happened to be pruning, sawing limbs off pistachio tree right next to bat house and scared them off one evening.
Probably just my imagination running wild.
Decades ago a residential window-cleaning customer had thousands of imported African bats living under huge specially-made window shutters on his entire mansion. He said there wasn't a mosquito within two miles, & that's why he got the bats. Eccentric old guy, a very rich owner of a huge wire cable manufacturing plant. Kinda creepy doin that job though they left me alone.
Wicked cool story, thanks for sharing!
This gentleman is so amazing, great work he's doing for conservation by teaching, love it
You know the guest is REALLY good when Joe gets quiet. He’s really good at letting the good ones roll and calling out the ones who are half-baked. No pun intended.
Yes, it’s Joe acknowledging he has much to learn from his guest. When he speaks it’s to get details or clarification on what his guest has unintentionally under explained to an audience new to the subject.
So many people could learn from this man's psychology. He's calm and uses common sense very well.
It's an insult to this man, so say he has common sense. His sense is way above and highly better than most. definitely not common.
My brother made bat houses for an eagle scout project. We kept one in the back yard and a few bats moved in. They are surprisingly easy to make and the bags are pretty effective with keeping mosquitoes away.
I grew up in the 60's when everyone thought bats wanted to get tangled in your hair and bite you. I distinctly remember when my two buddies and I went camping in some woods. Right at dusk we started seeing bats and they were swooping down at us. We thought they were attacking us, so we jumped in the cab of the pickup until they left. What I figured out years later was those bats were helping us, not attacking us. As we were sitting there eating small swarms of mosquitoes were hovering over our heads, attracted by the CO2 we were emitting as we breathed. We had heavily doused ourselves in repellant, so none were landing on us, but they were still attracted and hovering right above us. The bats were swooping down to feed on those mosquitoes and not on us!
Love this guy’s stories! Once i was in a bat cave .. we were in a tight tunnel like space at one point the bats started to fly around us passing inches from our heads..no one touched us.. was quite an amazing experience.
One time I was on vacation in nature reserve, had gone on a longer walk than anticipated and darkness had fallen. On my way back to my accommodation I was walking on a path through dense shrubbery very close to a disused windmill. I quickly realised there were bats flying past me in and out of the windmill using the path as a corridor. I couldn’t see the bats, it was too dark, but I could feel the brief but repeated movements of air from their wings as they flew past. I knew they had no interest in me and certainly no desire to harm themselves by crashing into me so kept walking calmly, at the same pace, along the path. It was quite magical. 🦇
One time I was on vacation in nature reserve, had gone on a longer walk than anticipated and darkness had fallen. On my way back to my accommodation I was walking on a path through dense shrubbery very close to a disused windmill. I quickly realised there were bats flying past me in and out of the windmill using the path as a corridor. I couldn’t see the bats, it was too dark, but I could feel the brief but repeated movements of air from their wings as they flew past. I knew they had no interest in me and certainly no desire to harm themselves by crashing into me so kept walking calmly, at the same pace, along the path. It was quite magical. 🦇
Mr Tuttle is an amazing person. We went to the same school. His dad was a world renowned naturalist.I used to watch them band birds for research.
This guest is amazing
..apart from the important work he does, his life philosophy and ability to listen and engage authentically, having the tough conversations over and over is how you make a difference in this world. Very inspiring.
Joe needs to get back to getting more guests like this on.i love bats they are so fascinating and get so much h8
Guaranteed Joe gets a bat house after this ep.
Me too
I wish there were more comments for subject matter like this. Most people are so brainwashed with what a quick fix can do with regards to farming and agriculture ie chemicals, that they don't investigate alternatives. This is a fantastic video. Love the way Rogan interviews and shines a light on people from all walks of life.
"We shouldn't be dwelling in the past, it's the future that counts. We've all made crazy mistakes in the past, and we wouldn't want to be hated for the rest of our lives for what we did wrong before we knew what was right". wisedom
This guy has got wisdom pouring out of him. Great guest.
I’ve been at a Landacape project for 6 months and the house has about 4 of these bat houses. You can often hear them midday. After watching this I noticed there aren’t many pesky insects at the property. Cool stuff
This guy's has wisdom far beyond just bat conservation. Here's hoping those watching are able to hear his message.
This mans passion exceeds most of our day to day..strive to be like him
I love when Joe Brings in people to talk about what they are passionate about. Feels like I gain some actually useful knowledge from these type of interviews.
I'm buying 2 bat houses this spring. I have a creek a block away from my house and the mosquitos we get is ridiculous!!
I'm an hour into this podcast and wow this guy is easily one of his best guest he's a little old so it takes a second but when he gets going amazing the pollen stuff on bats was actually amazing to learn
Wow. I really dig this guy. Heck Joe, the largest single bat colony in the world, is right here in Texas. We have several sanctuaries under some of our downtown bridges here in Houston. They're all along Buffalo Bayou.
6:20 that really hit home. Truly wise words spoken
This man dropped gems all over the place and we love it. Quality content.
I’ve made all kinds of birdhouses (with about a seventy per cent occupation rate😊) but this has me inspired.
We have a large shop on the farm. On one side it is like a garage for parking with a closed in attic. One morning I was pulling the boat out at first light and watched 100s of bat’s coming in Over the corn fields to land on the brick wall and climbed into the attic . It was so cool to see them. Just like mini jet fighters . I still can’t believe just how many there were
I have bats around my home, mostly in a small patch of woods behind my property. They are amazing and we never have much issue with mosquitoes, or those troublesome Lantern flies? They must do a number on them & now I think I will build them a nice house in my big 110 ft high Red Sequoia!
What kind of trouble do Lantern flies create? Just curious.
4:35 “when I quit my job to work full time on bat conservation my friends thought I went crazy.”
I guess you could say they thought he went batty…
fair reaction to people saying they want to dedicate their life to what is commonly publicly seen as a "flying rat with rabies" by the majority hm?
This made me add a bat house to my Amazon shopping cart, best $20 I’ve spent this month.
Me and my dad set them up when I was a kid. The garage had a big Dusk-till-dawn light on it that attracted lots of bugs at night. As a kid I loved going out there and watching and listening to the bats zip through the swarm and eat bugs.
you should have saved up and bought a bat cave instead. 😄
I like everything you said, except that you bought it on amazon 😂
Any updates?
@@codysaunders7348Amazing
Neil Degrass Tyson could learn from this scientist.
That Ahole could learn from a lot of real scientists
He knows little to nothing outside of his own profession. That’s proven every time he comes on and talks to joe, you say how normal his mind really is
We can appreciate one man's greatness without putting down another. Love and light. Peace
@@artist254grafitti7 we could, but he deserves it.
@@artist254grafitti7 shut it hippie
This guest is great
I sound say I'm ecologist and nature love as well logical viewer, Joe you have been the best program I have been able to view on RUclips.
Thanks Joe and your guest.
Great video as always!!! This is why I respect joe!!! Serious content + professional, and the wisdom to know when to joke or not!
I built a bat box as a carpentry project 10 years ago and put it up high in a tree. I still see bats flying back and forth eating up mosquitoes and other bugs most nights at that spot
I live in Colorado and there’s so many bats in the summer they look like flocks of birds . I barley see mosquitos when they are at their “peak “ anymore … it all makes sense
This was one of the best JRE's in recent memory. I completely changed my opinion of these amazing animals
I had one of these Bats are great! They also got into the siding, one morning I stood next to the opening around dawn, hundreds of bats flew within inches of me not one of them ever touched me. The backyard with pond was always bug free.
Imagine the stories old people will tell in the future… “it started when I was looking at my phone”
In 20 years or so when these social media,video game and pornography addiction will reap its results on the world I know I’m being a bit harsh but this new generation of kids have grown up in a completely different lifestyle which I see as very dangerous...teaching them more about lgbtq agendas than actual important subjects most kids in the u.s only care about things that are not useful at all
@@lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177the real problem is that parents no longer parent
A few years ago I got about half a dozen bats flying around in my bedroom in an old 19th Century house in Brittany. Lasted about 20 minutes. Really cool. Brittany is in NW France and popular for Dolmens. It has also got a very poor bus service, however, stick out your thumb and 9 out of ten times (Passes) you'll certainly get a lift further up the road...
Are you a vampire or something lol I’d piss my pants
I went up north in Canada to a campground when I was a kid. I remember hearing that they exterminated all the bats there not long before we showed up, and it was deer fly HELL during the day, and mosquito HELL during the night. The bug zapper was constantly on all night, and constantly killing them. Mosquitoes got into my dad's tent and ate him alive.
I have a feeling that the bats would have helped.
The whole bs rabies scare in Canada ruined the bats. When I was a kid they had you sit at night in camp ground theater areas where they taught you about bats and showed you the houses and you watched them fly out
one of my fondest memories is my grandpa chasing a bat with a broom and my grandma chewing him out saying leave my killers alone pawpaw. she had bat houses. he didn’t like them getting in the basement. that was 40 years ago. those houses are still there sometimes a year or 2 they are empty then bang there will be a few coming out every few mins.
I’ve been thinking about installing bat houses around my property for years. What’s kept me from doing it so far is that they don’t discriminate between insects and eradicate beneficial insects just as successfully as pests. That includes pollinators like honey bees.
A lot of good info here and not just on bats. Wish more people would take his approach to things.
Always liked throwing pebbles in the air and watching bats swoop in at it. Have also seen a sick bat flying during mid day get plucked out the air by a falcon. # Bat talk
That’s crazy man 😮 I’ve only seen a hawk take out a pigeon so far 😅 but I also remember playing soccer as kid and you could see them flying around the big field lights catching the bugs it was pretty cool
Was probably sick from eating rocks;)
@@freedfree7933 Ahh ! 😆that explains why they start flying lower and lower. What a glutton
Never in my life have i ever felt so emotional hearing a mans WISDOM
Bats over pesticides?? This is an option?!?! Hell yeah!! I’ll be putting these up immediately! We’ll be helping so many other organisms by not using pesticides.
Well, insecticides. Obviously bats don’t eat weeds so can’t reduce the use of herbicides.
@@Sixrabbbit obviously enough to not even have to point it out.
@@Sixrabbbitif you want to get rid of weeds the less cancerous way use some strong vinegar (home Depot has 30%) mixed it with some water and dish soap. Forget the ratio off the top of my head.
Make sure you spray it when you know it's not going to rain for a day or two.
I once read that mosquitos spawn less in lakes and ponds and more in thin bodies of water like garbage can lids, or puddles.
My opinion is that everyone should drill a hole or two in their garbage can so that any standing water can drain out and keep a lid on it.
Mosquitos always lay eggs in the rain that falls into garbage cans.
There was a doctor who built enormous bat houses the size of large sheds all over the country to stop malaria in the late 1800s. He was very successful in his efforts.
Sounds a lot better than Bill Gates releasing bioengineered mosquitos.
One of the best guests in a long long time.
Easily, I always think about what led to joe interviewing him
Live in north east Ohio and I love when we get to see the bats, fascinating things to watch as they feed at dusk
2023 might not be a great year!
Fascinating practical knowledge for all farmers. Thanks Merlin and Joe. Cheers from Sydney, AU.
being a resident of southern California allows me to live with my doors and windows open most of the year..... that being said one of my favorite things are the bats that fly in thru second story door and do a few hot laps in the house for bugs and fly back out just the way they came in
Bruh, this man spilling out nuggets of intel points everytime he speak. Thank you good sir.
Bro we are truly running out of men like him passionate about something that is important to the human race...I can’t imagine what it’s gonna be like in 20 yrs or so, how will these video game,social media selfish kids manage the world 😅🤔
Awesome interview, refreshing to hear something not talked about often
Been thinking about doing this exact thing at my grandparents house. He goes a huge Arizona Ash Tree and it would be perfect to put a bat house in.
My neighbor has a few of these houses and every year he collects the bat poo for his garden and let me tell you that mans garden is amazing
We have had these for a long time in my area. You can buy them at local bazaars and such. I would have one, but my home is surrounded by trees, and I already got plenty of bats around.
well, give them a house....
There's always been bats flying around the streetlights at night since I was a kid.
Eating the bugs, keeping the balance most can't comprehend.
All praise the Bat Man! hahaha Man people get some crazy ideas no doubt about it. Bats are cool! Love seeing a few of them flying around the house in the evening. Kinda freaky when they buzz by real close at night and you can't see them. Just gotta trust them, kinda like hummingbirds. I don't have a good place to hang a house but there's always a few living in the house vents on both ends. They pooped the place up and rotted out molding but I replaced it with PVC molding. Poop away yon bats! hahahaha
We have an orchard and the Japanese beetles are just a plague and I can't control them I'll have to do some research on this. Their really hard on peaches to the point of taking the trees out.
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@doctorcrafts It's been 50 or so years since I was in school and my strong point was girls with round hind ends.
@@larryburrow6278 Haha legend
Get some bats bro
@@doctorcrafts simmer down
Put these up in your HOA. They love them
The real batman
I went to the University of Florida. My first dorm was about a hundred yards from the largest man made bat structure in the world. Use to love watching them leave the bat house to eat at sunset. Truly a spectacle! Now I don’t know how they affect the ecosystem there because I’m no expert and there were ALOT of insects down there 😂 hate to see what it would be like if the bats weren’t there.
first thing i thought of was the lake alice bat house
@@squarecracker I never thought I could miss a bat house 😂😂
@@xaviernixon7503 dam i didn't realize who i was talking to lol. go gators baby
@@squarecracker lol just a gator fam 😎 🐊 #GOGATORS
I never remember getting eaten up by mosquitoes in my time there 🤔 when they put up the bird choppers for you know the planet people totally disregard how many bats they kill as well.
This guy is extremely knowledgeable, hope Joe has him on again
But if the bats get into a building where people live, find any little route into the roof, then you might end up with a pest infestation. We had newish buildings in good condition at our summer home, but bats still found a way in and brought in a bug infestation which then spread into other buildings and into the homes of guests. The end cost was huge, several homes needed massive pest control operations.
That is why you build a bat house so they stay out
"Win friends instead of battles" that is a profound statement.
Love this gentleman. I wonder if there's an expert on control of insects such as aphids that don't really fly around (sap suckers). It seems like ladybugs fly away to other places shortly after release. I'd love to learn more about this aspect of pest control (non-flying insects). Maybe bats and other ways could drastically reduce use of poisonous insecticides.
In the south, they have a teardrop shaped nest for swallows. They do great for mosquitoes. But this is cool too!
If you have any sort of acreage, opossums and bats are the GOAT
This guy is like "we will save bats through the power of friendship and forgiveness"
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I have about 10-20 bats Mexican Short Tail I think (I like in S.E. Texas) living in my attic.
I like bats but is it acceptable to have them live in your attic?
Joe is an original.. he has people on from all over the spectrum. I disagree with much of his opinion but appreciate the scope. A lot of folks would spaz out about a budget for bat research... science is the way forward
I will pass on the bathouses. I am literally TERRIFIED of rabies. It may control many other pests but can result in a risk of contracting rabies.
One of life's great ironies, that the real Bat Man looks so much like Stan Lee.
I have debated putting up a bat house in the past but I wonder the effect on birds in my yard. Do they balance?
some companion plants also act as bug repellent. ppl can also add in predator insects that hunt other insects like lady bugs and praying mantis,
and much more of course. certain birds like ducks are used to clear fields of slugs and other things in asia, there are many complementary
creatures in nature who could hep us. greenhouse aquaculture also cuts down on pest massively and reduces water use 10x or more.
I think people who wonder why Joe is the biggest Podcaster in the world need to watch this interview. Like him or not he has an amazing talent for getting the most out of guests. This guy's is clearly incredibly knowlagable about an interesting and important topic but the conversation would have died in the water 2 minutes into this clip with someone even a little less skilled at getting the most out of the people they're talking too and making them comfortable enough to just feel like their talking to an interested friend.
I love bats & bat houses. We've got 3 set up on our property, & the neighbors have the same, that overlook the neighbor's pond - which they love - an easy food & water source that keeps them around.
Between the bats, ducks & guineas between us & the neighbors, we've got our little 5 mile radius locked down on mosquito, fly & tick control!
have lots of hollows in my old trees on my farm here on Australia
old sheds also house bats
dont use pesticides much these days in our plant nursery
brb building a bat house to protect my house from the Joker
L Mao 😂😂
I'd love to put up a bat box where I live, but I don't know if it would work with the weather around here. It looks like the bat houses need to be pretty exposed, but when it's 115 degrees in the summer, I'd worry they would be cooked alive.
I remember when I was a teenager and I was walking with my friend and all the sudden we saw a ton of bats she was scared told her it was okay there just eating bugs under the street light and we sat down at a bench that was far away from them but we could still see them and we just watch them eat all the bugs under the streetlight I haven't seen a bat in this town since it's honestly sad
We’ve had a bathouse set up for 20 years in an area with native bats and there hasn’t been a single bat in there
I'm in Nassau county New York Long Island how can I tell if I have bats in the area