Vampire Bats | National Geographic

here are some happy vampire baths what’s
causing all this giddiness a great big
fat meal has arrived you can practically
hear these bats going oh boy oh boy
better yet the victim is asleep this is
gonna be like well taking blood from a
sleeping Pig the bats have heat sensors
in their noses this thermal process lets
us see what the bat sees the bat wants
to feed where the pig’s skin glows white
hot let the dining commence like to
wildcatters fighting over a fresh oil
stripe these bats battle over a
particularly rich feeding spot for
vampire bats one sleeping pig why
doesn’t the pig wake up because the bats
teeth are razor sharp and cut painlessly
the bats can sip to their heart’s
content with a pig none the wiser
the bat saliva actually prevents the
blood from clotting
as the bat sips the blood runs up a
groove on the underside of its tongue
Mother Nature thinks of everything these
vampire bats can feast for a full
half-hour drinking half their weight in
blood in a month of feedings five
vampire bats can guzzle almost a gallon
of pig’s blood in this case it’s the
bats making a pig of themselves not the
pig
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