Bat Houses: More Effective Than Pesticides?

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Bat Houses: More Effective Than Pesticides?
Dr. Merlin Tuttle is an ecologist, wildlife photographer, and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for over 60 years. He's the founder of Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, home to his legacy and devoted to research, education and the conservation of bats.
www.merlintuttle.org
This clip was taken from the JRE episode #1932 w/Merlin Tuttle
Host: Joe Rogan @joerogan
Producer: Jamie Vernon @jamievernon
Guest: Merlin Tuttle
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  • @jre-daily-updates
    @jre-daily-updates Жыл бұрын

    Please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! Thanks Guys!! ❤

  • @SuhMike

    @SuhMike

    9 ай бұрын

    Is it possible to get the full episode on here?

  • @bnalive5077

    @bnalive5077

    3 күн бұрын

    @@SuhMikeno. This guy is a clown that just steals clips from Joes show and pastes them on his channel.

  • @bnalive5077

    @bnalive5077

    3 күн бұрын

    @@SuhMikeJoes podcast is free on Spotify

  • @shred1
    @shred1 Жыл бұрын

    This is when Joe shines, finding an expert who is passionate and wants to tell their story.

  • @ssgssbeet4133

    @ssgssbeet4133

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @trevor4185

    @trevor4185

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed. Rogan asks the pertinent questions that keep the conversation relevant and interesting.

  • @booooo-urns

    @booooo-urns

    Жыл бұрын

    Get off his nuts, Jesus

  • @seanmurphy26

    @seanmurphy26

    Жыл бұрын

    It really kills the show when Joe acts like he is the expert on ANY topic..

  • @Brandon-tk2rw

    @Brandon-tk2rw

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Notsram77
    @Notsram77 Жыл бұрын

    Not the Bat man we asked for, but definitely the Bat man we need.

  • @ihavenoclue9756

    @ihavenoclue9756

    Жыл бұрын

    Not the batman we deserve either lol

  • @thelittlelenora

    @thelittlelenora

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol well I liked him. Really cute and smart old man.

  • @johnnynoche1387

    @johnnynoche1387

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂 this comment

  • @Nocturne-zk3tg

    @Nocturne-zk3tg

    11 ай бұрын

    ❤️

  • @robertpesa4157

    @robertpesa4157

    4 күн бұрын

    Not all Heros wear capes

  • @OkieDokieSmokie
    @OkieDokieSmokie Жыл бұрын

    These episodes are so wholesome. No politics, no agenda, just some old fellar tellin us about his love of bats. 10/10

  • @Justintime328
    @Justintime328 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @pistonburner6448

    @pistonburner6448

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    @paulcarmi8130

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pistonburner6448 that’s terrifying

  • @pistonburner6448

    @pistonburner6448

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @White_Wrath

    @White_Wrath

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pistonburner6448was it mites?

  • @secredeath

    @secredeath

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @yourmom7169
    @yourmom7169 Жыл бұрын

    RIP To my mother, a 2nd grade teacher, she taught a full section on bats to her students (and anyone who would listen) She died today and would've loved this guest.

  • @DAMIANDELEON1313

    @DAMIANDELEON1313

    Жыл бұрын

    Sorry for your loss..RIP

  • @skankmcgank

    @skankmcgank

    Жыл бұрын

    Rip

  • @YSLRD

    @YSLRD

    Жыл бұрын

    💔❤️❤️

  • @anthonypicano1670

    @anthonypicano1670

    Жыл бұрын

    Prayers going to to your Mom. Please keep praying for her. The deceased all need our prayers.

  • @bigzachful

    @bigzachful

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anthonypicano1670 Why do the deceased need prayers?..

  • @Debbie338
    @Debbie338 Жыл бұрын

    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. ❤

  • @annarboriter

    @annarboriter

    Жыл бұрын

    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-hate-youtube797

    @I-hate-youtube797

    2 күн бұрын

    I’m sorry but I read this and imagined a bat with a Mohawk and a bow and arrow 😂

  • @FranciscoHernandez-pg7fk
    @FranciscoHernandez-pg7fk Жыл бұрын

    This gentleman is so amazing, great work he's doing for conservation by teaching, love it

  • @AutoCrete
    @AutoCrete Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Nocturne-zk3tg

    @Nocturne-zk3tg

    11 ай бұрын

    ❤️

  • @missourimongoose8858

    @missourimongoose8858

    3 күн бұрын

    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

  • @Bruins-vq5ey

    @Bruins-vq5ey

    3 күн бұрын

    Putting up bat boxes is illegal where I am if it attracts greater brown bat

  • @atomicsmith

    @atomicsmith

    Күн бұрын

    @@Bruins-vq5eywhere is it illegal to put up bat boxes?

  • @Bruins-vq5ey

    @Bruins-vq5ey

    16 сағат бұрын

    @@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

  • @rogerarmendariz7633
    @rogerarmendariz7633 Жыл бұрын

    I already learned something listening to this man . I also changed my thoughts on bats.

  • @DaggerSecurity

    @DaggerSecurity

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Mrbfgray

    @Mrbfgray

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @tylerdurden788

    @tylerdurden788

    Жыл бұрын

    I have some in my neighborhood. I see them flying around every so often

  • @fishfood8719

    @fishfood8719

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Mrbfgray But have you been shining the bat signal at night? Shine it and they will come. 🦇

  • @Mrbfgray

    @Mrbfgray

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @inigosebastiangaray1498
    @inigosebastiangaray1498 Жыл бұрын

    The wisdom in this man is absolutely remarkable. He showed it when speaking about how he approached his conservation activities.

  • @kennithchapman9689
    @kennithchapman9689 Жыл бұрын

    So many people could learn from this man's psychology. He's calm and uses common sense very well.

  • @Usermrk

    @Usermrk

    2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @SmokeyTreats
    @SmokeyTreats Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @petey604
    @petey604 Жыл бұрын

    Guaranteed Joe gets a bat house after this ep.

  • @dcavic6157
    @dcavic615710 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @JGUNW1R3D
    @JGUNW1R3D Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lifekickz2903
    @lifekickz2903 Жыл бұрын

    Joe needs to get back to getting more guests like this on.i love bats they are so fascinating and get so much h8

  • @kyleflook7124
    @kyleflook7124 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @tinymotogarage
    @tinymotogarage Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Maartwo
    @Maartwo Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @User-rka_zykx76

    @User-rka_zykx76

    6 күн бұрын

    I wish he would bring this guy on again

  • @michaelstopher1471
    @michaelstopher1471 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @frankbaiamonte3158
    @frankbaiamonte3158 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Myque1981
    @Myque1981 Жыл бұрын

    This guy has got wisdom pouring out of him. Great guest.

  • @mariuspetre1613
    @mariuspetre1613 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @blackholediscoball
    @blackholediscoball Жыл бұрын

    Neil Degrass Tyson could learn from this scientist.

  • @jonstackelin1861

    @jonstackelin1861

    Жыл бұрын

    That Ahole could learn from a lot of real scientists

  • @prestonbelk4367

    @prestonbelk4367

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @artist254grafitti7

    @artist254grafitti7

    Жыл бұрын

    We can appreciate one man's greatness without putting down another. Love and light. Peace

  • @titsmagee4469

    @titsmagee4469

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artist254grafitti7 we could, but he deserves it.

  • @porkchopexpress6969

    @porkchopexpress6969

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artist254grafitti7 shut it hippie

  • @Imetalman2000
    @Imetalman20009 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @NateStarks187
    @NateStarks187 Жыл бұрын

    This mans passion exceeds most of our day to day..strive to be like him

  • @unacceptablefringe7508
    @unacceptablefringe7508 Жыл бұрын

    This guy's has wisdom far beyond just bat conservation. Here's hoping those watching are able to hear his message.

  • @Tuscarora21
    @Tuscarora21 Жыл бұрын

    This guest is great

  • @KrosFaiDead
    @KrosFaiDead Жыл бұрын

    This made me add a bat house to my Amazon shopping cart, best $20 I’ve spent this month.

  • @MitchJohnson0110

    @MitchJohnson0110

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @DaggerSecurity

    @DaggerSecurity

    Жыл бұрын

    you should have saved up and bought a bat cave instead. 😄

  • @codysaunders7348

    @codysaunders7348

    Жыл бұрын

    I like everything you said, except that you bought it on amazon 😂

  • @rufinaseme6173

    @rufinaseme6173

    26 күн бұрын

    Any updates?

  • @johneckerd1750
    @johneckerd1750 Жыл бұрын

    The real batman

  • @wyate2295
    @wyate2295 Жыл бұрын

    6:20 that really hit home. Truly wise words spoken

  • @brownoreoscng5406

    @brownoreoscng5406

    Жыл бұрын

    This man dropped gems all over the place and we love it. Quality content.

  • @lightningdriver81
    @lightningdriver81 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve made all kinds of birdhouses (with about a seventy per cent occupation rate😊) but this has me inspired.

  • @b.f.skinner4383
    @b.f.skinner4383 Жыл бұрын

    This was one of the best JRE's in recent memory. I completely changed my opinion of these amazing animals

  • @capt.obvious9058
    @capt.obvious9058 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177

    @lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @freedfree7933

    @freedfree7933

    Жыл бұрын

    Was probably sick from eating rocks;)

  • @capt.obvious9058

    @capt.obvious9058

    Жыл бұрын

    @@freedfree7933 Ahh ! 😆that explains why they start flying lower and lower. What a glutton

  • @daerth4423
    @daerth4423 Жыл бұрын

    A lot of good info here and not just on bats. Wish more people would take his approach to things.

  • @ksc743
    @ksc743 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @chrismiller7168
    @chrismiller7168 Жыл бұрын

    Never in my life have i ever felt so emotional hearing a mans WISDOM

  • @FP19487
    @FP19487 Жыл бұрын

    Bruh, this man spilling out nuggets of intel points everytime he speak. Thank you good sir.

  • @lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177

    @lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177

    Жыл бұрын

    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 😅🤔

  • @magdabrownis265
    @magdabrownis265 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine the stories old people will tell in the future… “it started when I was looking at my phone”

  • @lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177

    @lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @emillyhatfield456

    @emillyhatfield456

    Ай бұрын

    @@lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177the real problem is that parents no longer parent

  • @todd4778
    @todd4778 Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always!!! This is why I respect joe!!! Serious content + professional, and the wisdom to know when to joke or not!

  • @rayza4130
    @rayza4130 Жыл бұрын

    This guy is extremely knowledgeable, hope Joe has him on again

  • @Vopian
    @Vopian Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @topgallant32
    @topgallant32 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Naturazest
    @Naturazest Жыл бұрын

    He was the Batman in his young days now Alfred to a new Batman

  • @chrisjordan213
    @chrisjordan213 Жыл бұрын

    One of the best guests in a long long time.

  • @undrwtrbsktwvn1110

    @undrwtrbsktwvn1110

    Жыл бұрын

    Easily, I always think about what led to joe interviewing him

  • @jjohnston326
    @jjohnston326 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @manuelanaya5927
    @manuelanaya5927 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @alexbaum2204
    @alexbaum2204 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Sixrabbbit

    @Sixrabbbit

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, insecticides. Obviously bats don’t eat weeds so can’t reduce the use of herbicides.

  • @alexbaum2204

    @alexbaum2204

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sixrabbbit obviously enough to not even have to point it out.

  • @bigchedds8389

    @bigchedds8389

    3 күн бұрын

    ​@@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.

  • @EVoyageHiking
    @EVoyageHiking Жыл бұрын

    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 KZread. Thanks Joe and your guest.

  • @martinhhower
    @martinhhower Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @lesleyboeder1798
    @lesleyboeder1798 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @acecommander1
    @acecommander1 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome interview, refreshing to hear something not talked about often

  • @CHANNELS647
    @CHANNELS647 Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact; a 1/4 of all the various types of mammals on planet earth are bats and the smallest mammal in the world is a bat.

  • @jckorn9148
    @jckorn9148 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mealsonwheels4970
    @mealsonwheels4970 Жыл бұрын

    brb building a bat house to protect my house from the Joker

  • @artist254grafitti7

    @artist254grafitti7

    Жыл бұрын

    L Mao 😂😂

  • @bobferguson2476
    @bobferguson2476 Жыл бұрын

    Live in north east Ohio and I love when we get to see the bats, fascinating things to watch as they feed at dusk

  • @Utubeisassho

    @Utubeisassho

    Жыл бұрын

    2023 might not be a great year!

  • @davideldred.campingwilder6481
    @davideldred.campingwilder6481 Жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @BigpapamoneymanMVPtypebeat

    @BigpapamoneymanMVPtypebeat

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you a vampire or something lol I’d piss my pants

  • @kardub
    @kardub Жыл бұрын

    This episode was actually informative

  • @KGBookkeeping
    @KGBookkeeping Жыл бұрын

    Bless this man; great resource

  • @patches6309
    @patches6309 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Lg-cd5ls

    @Lg-cd5ls

    Жыл бұрын

    What kind of trouble do Lantern flies create? Just curious.

  • @larryburrow6278
    @larryburrow6278 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @doctorcrafts

    @doctorcrafts

    Жыл бұрын

    They’re

  • @larryburrow6278

    @larryburrow6278

    Жыл бұрын

    @doctorcrafts It's been 50 or so years since I was in school and my strong point was girls with round hind ends.

  • @nick9602

    @nick9602

    Жыл бұрын

    @@larryburrow6278 Haha legend

  • @thegreat1487

    @thegreat1487

    Жыл бұрын

    Get some bats bro

  • @codysaunders7348

    @codysaunders7348

    Жыл бұрын

    @@doctorcrafts simmer down

  • @parkers5150
    @parkers5150 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @thedude20125
    @thedude20125 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @buckaroobonzai2909
    @buckaroobonzai2909 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @joeleek9976
    @joeleek9976 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kevinkarbonik2928

    @kevinkarbonik2928

    Жыл бұрын

    well, give them a house....

  • @jameslivingston7159
    @jameslivingston7159 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing words from a humble man that just simply cares

  • @CMaiaMC
    @CMaiaMC2 ай бұрын

    The mosquitos where I live are insane, around all year no matter how cold it gets (-20 and colder), can't wait to build and put up a few of these!!

  • @jdlives8992
    @jdlives8992 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mikey2toes966
    @mikey2toes966 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @leslie62
    @leslie62 Жыл бұрын

    Love this guy, reminds me of my grandpa

  • @pistonburner6448
    @pistonburner6448 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @anonymousunknown3462

    @anonymousunknown3462

    Жыл бұрын

    That is why you build a bat house so they stay out

  • @jaysoto1182
    @jaysoto1182 Жыл бұрын

    This is the best kind of JRE guest, just a normal dude speaking common wisdom that doesn't seem so common these days.

  • @functionalvanconversion4284
    @functionalvanconversion4284 Жыл бұрын

    Great information!

  • @carinaaulis4118
    @carinaaulis4118 Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. I've always been strangely enchanted and interested in bats 🦇 thank you for all the info

  • @undrwtrbsktwvn1110

    @undrwtrbsktwvn1110

    Жыл бұрын

    They creep me tf out 🤣

  • @acmelka
    @acmelka Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @johnnyreb8030
    @johnnyreb8030 Жыл бұрын

    awesome info!!!

  • @123nohamdle
    @123nohamdle Жыл бұрын

    This guy is like "we will save bats through the power of friendship and forgiveness"

  • @runswithraptors

    @runswithraptors

    Жыл бұрын

    🧡😝😁✌️

  • @missourimongoose8858
    @missourimongoose88583 күн бұрын

    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

  • @whereisangie
    @whereisangie Жыл бұрын

    so much wisdom! thank you

  • @robert7984
    @robert7984 Жыл бұрын

    Great show

  • @francoutah
    @francoutah2 күн бұрын

    I appreciate the message. Listen. It's that simple. We are more alike than we are different.

  • @mattpeterman7845
    @mattpeterman78452 күн бұрын

    "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

  • @charlesmoss2313
    @charlesmoss2313 Жыл бұрын

    Well said 👍🏻

  • @DustyShowers
    @DustyShowers Жыл бұрын

    I’ve worked with bats for 30 years. Merlin Tuttle is the GOAT.

  • @hobohideaway1096
    @hobohideaway1096 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @houseslosttribe1351
    @houseslosttribe1351 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @lukelucy1980
    @lukelucy1980 Жыл бұрын

    Super thumbs UP. We need more of this

  • @nativeseneca7181
    @nativeseneca7181 Жыл бұрын

    Bats are amazing creature's of the night that we need protect and let grow.

  • @troywallace7011
    @troywallace7011 Жыл бұрын

    This man is the most interesting guests Joe has had in a long time.

  • @FranciscoHernandez-pg7fk
    @FranciscoHernandez-pg7fk Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mr Merlin turtles you're teachings are great, thanks

  • @vinaynk
    @vinaynk Жыл бұрын

    It was very uplifting to listen to him!

  • @sk.n.9302
    @sk.n.9302 Жыл бұрын

    Love this guy!

  • @justme.9711
    @justme.9711 Жыл бұрын

    Should they be positioned facing a specific direction etc???

  • @lissakaye610
    @lissakaye61028 күн бұрын

    Love this, awesome guest Joe. 🫶🏼

  • @jamesstepp1925
    @jamesstepp19254 күн бұрын

    Good knowledge and wisdom here.

  • @justdoingitjim7095
    @justdoingitjim7095 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @matthewhuskey264
    @matthewhuskey264 Жыл бұрын

    This is possibly my favorite guest

  • @blahblahlaboratory9381
    @blahblahlaboratory9381 Жыл бұрын

    I love this idea!

  • @jamesjross
    @jamesjross Жыл бұрын

    amazing.