Who is the vampire's best friend?
The vampire bat, of course!
Every time a vampire in the movies, he is surrounded by small furry companions to accompany him on his nocturnal depredations. When a vampire must make a quick exit, he often turns into one of these weird creatures. But what is a vampire, and they suck blood from unwilling host? Are they evil creatures, hiding in dark caves and castles? Surprising how little scientistsasked that they find their bloodthirsty habits may be helpful to mankind.
Picture a creature with a small head, shining black eyes, and a squashed nose, almost like a pig's snout. The animal has big ears to help rounded and sharp cutting teeth a overbite. It has a wingspan of eight inches, with a soft, brown furry body the size of the thumb of a person. It weighs about three ounces. It is obvious from the long name Desmodonitidae rotundus, but rather be calledthrough their everyday name, the Common Vampire Bat.
The Common Vampire Bat lives in Central and South America, along with their cousins, the White-Winged Vampire Bat and the Hairy-Legged Vampire Bat. The common vampire bat is the only one that loves to eat mammals, birds prefer the other two. They have been at least six to eight million years, with fossil records going back that far.
They love to live in caves, abandoned mines, tree hollows and sometimes abandoned buildings. AsMost bats can see, but use echolocation to find their prey. Living nine years in the wilderness, they have a baby a year, and nest in large family groups, sleeping on his head.
Time to hunt! The young bats will blow out of their caves to cozy evening in search of fat cattle or pigs sleeping in the vicinity of landscape. The vampire bats consume only blood to nourish. They drink about two tablespoons of blood a day, and must drink at least every other day, or they starve to deathDeath.
Ah, a nice big bedroom cow. The vampire bat swoops to break through the back of the cow, and quickly hide the sharp incisors, two small holes (just like Dracula!). The bat then laps the blood in his mouth with his tongue, sucking like nothing more than sloppy. Imagine your pet cat lapping at a bowl of milk.
Special anticoagulants to prevent, or chemicals that help the clotting vampire bat drink enough blood before the blood of the animal dries out, likea mosquito. The bat also has a "stunning" Agent to be eating from waking up and starting to take hold!
Scientists study the anticoagulant in the vampire bat and have a drug has a "Draculin in anticoagulation for heart patients aid. Other scientists are helping with the links to stroke patients limit the effects of blood clots in the brain.
Unfortunately, the vampire is as a nuisance because the bat population has grown tremendously since tropicalForests have been reduced to allow more grazing land for their cattle. With the addition of more livestock were more bats. Ranchers kill bats in large numbers, along with insect-eating bats.
Dracula's best friend, his good friend of humanity in the scientific community to help fight heart attacks and strokes. I hope people can be, brought up to the true nature of the little bat and not continue to kill a helpful beings from ignorance and superstition.
Here's to theVampire, and all the creatures that go bump in the night!
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