Everyone knows vampires, the beings of mythical legends that feed on human blood. Luckily, they aren’t real… but vampire bats are. You may be thinking, “Nah, those bats only feed on, like, birds and horses and stuff…” but it turns out, you’d be wrong and possibly afraid. Researchers have recently found that not only do vampire bats feed on things other than their birds or cows, but humans, too.
Inhabiting the northeastern forests of Brazil, the hairy-legged vampire bat is one of three species of vampire bats that feed only on blood. Vampire bats feed by puncturing the skin of their prey with sharp teeth and lapping up the flowing blood. Their diet usually consisted of birds, it’s assumed sole prey, but because bird were hard to find, the bat’s
Inhabiting the northeastern forests of Brazil, the hairy-legged vampire bat is one of three species of vampire bats that feed only on blood. Vampire bats feed by puncturing the skin of their prey with sharp teeth and lapping up the flowing blood. Their diet usually consisted of birds, it’s assumed sole prey, but because bird were hard to find, the bat’s