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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
"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
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...
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
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 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!
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 😅🤔
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.
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
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
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.
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 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?
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.
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
Yes Bats CAN be fantastic , I have One to put up , as my Hillside Cave sometimes entirely floods sadly wiping most of them out . I don't Want to modify the cave as it has Cave Salamanders which are Protected & studied . It's Best to work w Nature as to Bolster it & Do No Harm . All serves a Purpose . TY for having this wonderful guest on @Joe Rogan Keep up the Awesome work 👍🖖 Graciously , Rosicrucian & Reverend RM Bowles In WV
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
Paid someone to Put up a bat house , in correct place, 20 years ago when expected that the place that the bats would be destroyed in a year or so. Within 2 years trees and house that bats lived was toorn/ chopped down. The bats did not move in...so sad to no longer see them flying over koi pond.
As a kid in we used to fill small socks or bags with gravel, tie them off, and toss them in the air at dusk. The bats would swoop in to grab them and be pulled to the ground. Mischievous fun for us but the bats never seemed to learn.
There’s a bat tower in the lower part of the Florida Keys… it was built in the 1920’s. By a gentleman who knew bats ate mosquitoes. What he didn’t plan on - there are no bats in the Florida Keys. It’s a great quirky story of the Keys and the ppl who lived there.
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Is it possible to get the full episode on here?
@@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
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
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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Not all Heros wear capes
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.
These episodes are so wholesome. No politics, no agenda, just some old fellar tellin us about his love of bats. 10/10
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?
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.
The wisdom in this man is absolutely remarkable. He showed it when speaking about how he approached his conservation activities.
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
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.
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.
This gentleman is so amazing, great work he's doing for conservation by teaching, love it
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joe needs to get back to getting more guests like this on.i love bats they are so fascinating and get so much h8
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.
This guy has got wisdom pouring out of him. Great guest.
This mans passion exceeds most of our day to day..strive to be like him
Guaranteed Joe gets a bat house after this ep.
Me too
This guy's has wisdom far beyond just bat conservation. Here's hoping those watching are able to hear his message.
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.
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.
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
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'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
Great video as always!!! This is why I respect joe!!! Serious content + professional, and the wisdom to know when to joke or not!
This was one of the best JRE's in recent memory. I completely changed my opinion of these amazing animals
This guest is great
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.
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.
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
"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
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
I’ve made all kinds of birdhouses (with about a seventy per cent occupation rate😊) but this has me inspired.
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.
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
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
A lot of good info here and not just on bats. Wish more people would take his approach to things.
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 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!
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
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
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
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
Never in my life have i ever felt so emotional hearing a mans WISDOM
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!
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.
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.
One of the best guests in a long long time.
Easily, I always think about what led to joe interviewing him
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....
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 😅🤔
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.
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
This guy is extremely knowledgeable, hope Joe has him on again
Awesome interview, refreshing to hear something not talked about often
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
The real batman
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.
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.
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
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
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 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?
Should they be positioned facing a specific direction etc???
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.
He was the Batman in his young days now Alfred to a new Batman
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
"Win friends instead of battles" that is a profound statement.
I really like the story. Thank you for sharing it. I would like to meet this old man. In fact I would like to help him on his mission.
“Win friends, not battles.” - Pure Gold! 👍
Love this guy, reminds me of my grandpa
This guy is like "we will save bats through the power of friendship and forgiveness"
🧡😝😁✌️
Thanks mr Merlin turtles you're teachings are great, thanks
Yes Bats CAN be fantastic , I have One to put up , as my Hillside Cave sometimes entirely floods sadly wiping most of them out .
I don't Want to modify the cave as it has Cave Salamanders which are Protected & studied .
It's Best to work w Nature as to Bolster it & Do No Harm .
All serves a Purpose .
TY for having this wonderful guest on @Joe Rogan
Keep up the Awesome work 👍🖖
Graciously , Rosicrucian & Reverend
RM Bowles In WV
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
I'm in Nassau county New York Long Island how can I tell if I have bats in the area
Amazing words from a humble man that just simply cares
This is amazing. I've always been strangely enchanted and interested in bats 🦇 thank you for all the info
They creep me tf out 🤣
Don’t have a bat house, but at dusk, I can sit and watch the bats devour hundreds of mosquitoes in my back yard.
I appreciate the message.
Listen. It's that simple.
We are more alike than we are different.
I grew up in Maryland. Any night during summer, you could see bats flying in my backyard once it got dark.
as an ecologist I can appreciate Joe using his platform for this subject
This is the best kind of JRE guest, just a normal dude speaking common wisdom that doesn't seem so common these days.
This episode was actually informative
This man is the most interesting guests Joe has had in a long time.
Paid someone to Put up a bat house , in correct place, 20 years ago when expected that the place that the bats would be destroyed in a year or so. Within 2 years trees and house that bats lived was toorn/ chopped down. The bats did not move in...so sad to no longer see them flying over koi pond.
As a kid in we used to fill small socks or bags with gravel, tie them off, and toss them in the air at dusk. The bats would swoop in to grab them and be pulled to the ground. Mischievous fun for us but the bats never seemed to learn.
There’s a bat tower in the lower part of the Florida Keys… it was built in the 1920’s. By a gentleman who knew bats ate mosquitoes. What he didn’t plan on - there are no bats in the Florida Keys.
It’s a great quirky story of the Keys and the ppl who lived there.
Is there a good source to buy bat houses does the gentleman have any recommendations
Wait a couple weeks we don't want to attract to much attention lol
Bless this man; great resource
How do bats like the Indiana Bat over winter? Will the brown bat group up in a bat box or are they loners?
6:12 the past is important to help mold our future the proper way and not fall into a habit or ideology that's proven to be wrong or bad...