Very interesting post @agmoore, I was unaware of this case of fungal attacks on bat populations. A very important point is when you mention that “everything is connected”, since everything is part of a balance that must be maintained for ecosystems to function in a good way, the lack of any natural component can trigger very serious problems.

On the other hand, the issue of agrochemicals applied to crops is another serious problem and even more so when applied excessively, many of these products wear out the soil, making it infertile over time and bring health complications. In turn, the birth rate and also human fertility can be compromised, you already made a good mention of what can happen to babies in your post with the lack of bats that forces to use even more chemicals for pest control.

In my country there was a case study where in a village used for agriculture many young people under the age of 20 were already infertile, it was discovered that the river they used for water supply was contaminated with the chemicals they used for crops. The issue was that the products applied were very residual and stayed in the soil, then when it rained the rains washed all these chemical residues to the natural water sources, so everything was contaminated.

A pleasure reading you, hope you have a good week 🤗.