Vampire Bats: Bat-Based Research

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Recently in Tonosi, Panama, a farmer named Francisco Oliva has been struggling to keep his cattle alive due to the increasing issue of vampire bat attacks. Many people believe that vampire bats are becoming an issue for their farms and cattle, and want them to be exterminated immediately, while some want them to stay alive to their usefulness to research purposes. Here are some reasons why vampire bats are important for research.

The first reason that explains why vampire bats should be kept alive is that they are very useful to the inventing world. In the article it explains some ways that bats have helped scientists invent things such as sonar and anti-coagulant medicines: "Bat-based research led to the development of sonar and anti-coagulant

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