Friday, April 15, 2011

Vampire Bats by Sasha Slaughter

So I was looking at weird news stories & I came across one about Vampire Bats. It was always a myth that bats drank blood, so I thought. It turns out there is a species of bats that does drink blood. They tend to feed on the blood of birds, cattle, horses, pigs and if available, the occasional sleeping human. To steal a quote from Zombie Zane "Creepy von creep creep!" The Vampire bats need to consume at least a few tablespoons of blood everyday. If the bat doesn't consume enough blood or doesn't eat for a few days, it will starve to death. These bats can only be found in Central and South America. And heres a random, fun fact. Bram Stoker was so fascinated with these bats that he ended up incorporating them into his book 'Dracula.' True story.

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