The vampire bat feeds mainly on the blood of cattle, horses, and wild mammals such as deer and peccaries. It seldom bites humans. When feeding it chooses to land near a hairless area of thin skin -- ...

Vampire bats lack genes needed for insulin secretion, so instead they rely on quickly metabolising amino acids found in their blood meal. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Vampire bats. They strike fear in even the manliest of men. Mention them, and people walk around with shoulders hiked up to cover their necks.

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Bat Week events. Okay, we’ve ruled out camping with vampire bats as a Bat Week activity. That said, there are tons of batty events going on across the country this week.

Vampire bats use their thumbs, wrists, and legs to run more than three feet per second to sneak up on prey such as horses, pigs, goats, capybaras, cows, and other mammals.

Then, of course, there are vampire bats, which drink blood (though rarely that of humans). Over time, these swooping winged creatures of the night have become synonymous with spooky season.

After the vampire bats ate, they were each placed on a miniature treadmill. According to Dr. Welch, the dexterous bats initially used their thumbs to hook into crevices to avoid the moving belt.