Bats needn’t give a frightCreatures welcome bonus to environment
By LINDA LOMBARDI The Associated PressSat. Oct 18 - 8:57 AM
Bats pollinate the agave plant that tequila is made from, as well as the avocados in that accompanying guacamole. Closer to home, you can also thank bats for fewer mosquito bites: A single bat eats hundreds of flying insects per hour.Most people only think of bats when they’re hanging decorations at Halloween, and consider them dangerous vermin — an opinion based entirely on myths and misconceptions. Bats are not flying mice, they don’t want to fly into your hair, and only three out of the over a thousand species worldwide drink blood.Statistically, you’re less likely to die from rabies from a bat bite than to be killed by a dog attack — which is itself less likely than being killed by lightning. news form http://thechronicleherald.ca/Science/9008935.html
Hot (charter) wings Flying taxis carve out niche in competitive air travel
TOM PETERS Business Reporter Wed. Oct 22 - 5:57 AM
Maritime Air Charter Ltd. has found a formula that seems to work in the highly competitive atmosphere of commercial air travel.
"We are purely an air taxi," said president Steve Christiansen. "We have no contracts and we don’t advertise a lot. And furthermore, the small charter carrier is not committed to scheduled service. If they don’t have passengers, they don’t go.
Maritime Air Charter started 12 years ago with one small aircraft and now has two twin-engine Navajos that take six passengers each, a twin-engine King Air that will carry nine passengers and a small aircraft under government contract to fly to Sable Island.
Mr. Christiansen, who is also one of the company’s pilots, said the major carriers are his airline’s competitors. http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1086050.html
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