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	<title>Comments on: Smithsonian To Create First Ever Captive Population of Endangered Bat</title>
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		<title>By: Sanya</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/11/smithsonian-to-create-first-ever-captive-population-of-endangered-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-9843</link>
		<dc:creator>Sanya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Janey, you seem heartless... these bats have a soul just as you do. :(</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Janey, you seem heartless&#8230; these bats have a soul just as you do. <img src='http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: This Week at The Markets</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/11/smithsonian-to-create-first-ever-captive-population-of-endangered-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-7360</link>
		<dc:creator>This Week at The Markets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Still more good thoughts for the Smithsonian and our National Zoo for &#8211; given the white nose disease presently decimating our bat population - establishing the first captive population of the endangered Virginia big-eared bat.  [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Still more good thoughts for the Smithsonian and our National Zoo for &#8211; given the white nose disease presently decimating our bat population &#8211; establishing the first captive population of the endangered Virginia big-eared bat.  [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Angel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/11/smithsonian-to-create-first-ever-captive-population-of-endangered-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-6879</link>
		<dc:creator>Angel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and yes when it fit into the ecosystem in a positive manor we have saved the dinosaurs. Take a look at crocodilians, &quot;janey&quot;, as well as a look in the mirror.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and yes when it fit into the ecosystem in a positive manor we have saved the dinosaurs. Take a look at crocodilians, &#8220;janey&#8221;, as well as a look in the mirror.</p>
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		<title>By: Angel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Angel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We had better find a way to combat this, or you can look for a new outbreak of West Nile Virus, Malaria and all sorts of other mosquito born illnesses that these bats keep under control by keeping the mosquito population in check.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had better find a way to combat this, or you can look for a new outbreak of West Nile Virus, Malaria and all sorts of other mosquito born illnesses that these bats keep under control by keeping the mosquito population in check.</p>
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		<title>By: Zachary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zachary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you kiding this will not be a waste of money. Without bats the insect population will skyroket destroy crops forcing our farmers to use more pesticides and  create  other enviormental problems. &amp; YES WE WOULD TRY TO SAVE THE DINOSAURS!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you kiding this will not be a waste of money. Without bats the insect population will skyroket destroy crops forcing our farmers to use more pesticides and  create  other enviormental problems. &amp; YES WE WOULD TRY TO SAVE THE DINOSAURS!</p>
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		<title>By: janey</title>
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		<dc:creator>janey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And this is a serious waste of money at a time when our economy is almost in the dump.species die out and new species are found everyday.its called evolution,would you guys be trying to save dinosaurs if you could find one.??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And this is a serious waste of money at a time when our economy is almost in the dump.species die out and new species are found everyday.its called evolution,would you guys be trying to save dinosaurs if you could find one.??</p>
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