Assassin Bug vs. Vampire Bat | National Geographic

if you were to call this assassin bug
bloodthirsty the bug would most likely
say huh and your point is practically
from the moment of birth in a cave in
southern Belize the assassin bug has one
mission to suck another creatures blood
take this newly hatched assassin bug
baby called a nymph to grow the nymph
must have the blood of a vertebrate and
so the nymphs first act after finding
its legs is to go vertebrate hunting
Fisher reptile will do but the nuke was
born near a cave that is home for both
fruit bats and vampire bats this
sleeping fruit bat will do nicely the
nymph Consensus victim’s body heat it
punctures the bats wingtip with its
needle-like nose and then to fill her up
like a gasoline tanker truck filling
with fuel the nymph gorges itself its
saliva acts as an anesthetic the bat
feels no pain
in another part of the cave a vampire
bat pup is in trouble she slid down a
cave wall attracting some adult assassin
bugs the bugs have cornered the pup on a
Ledge and aim the blood sucking siphons
right at her the pup can’t fly in but
she can use her forearms and legs to
escape the assassin bugs don’t give up
they go after the pup
maybe they should learn from their own
nips getting a meal is so much easier
when your prey is asleep