How vampire bats drink your blood without you noticing - Imran Razik
How vampire bats drink your blood without you noticing - Imran Razik
Well, science has finally done it. They've finally put vampire bats on treadmills https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vampire-bats-treadmills-metabolism
Vampire #bats – look beyond the fangs and blood to see animal friendships and unique adaptations https://theconversation.com/vampire-bats-look-beyond-the-fangs-and-blood-to-see-animal-friendships-and-unique-adaptations-239980
"#VampireBats keep track of who feeds them and reciprocate – or not, if the other bat has not been helpful in the past. In doing so, they form complex social relationships maintained by low-cost social investments, such as cleaning and maintaining the fur of another animal, called #allogrooming, and higher-cost social investments, such as sharing food."
#VampireBats Are Actually Spreading Across The #US
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/vampire-bats-united-states.html
#halloween #funfact 🎃 🎃 🎃
#Draculin is a glycoprotein found in the saliva of #VampireBats specifically the #Desmodus #rotundus species
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I carved a vampire bat Jack-o-lantern this year. When my son saw my preliminary sketch he said that was exactly what he wanted on his Jack-o-lantern too. So now we have two!
Usually he draws a second design on a smaller pumpkin and I carve it, but this Hallowe’en it’s 🦇🦇🎃🎃
Happy Hallowe’en!
#carving #halloween #jackolantern #pumpkin #bats #vampireBats
I’ve been driving boy bats wild for years with my aloof and unobtainable looks and little furry body.