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no they dont. they scrape open skin and lap up blood

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It drinks blood, that's why it is called a vampire bat.

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Vampire bats do not feed on insects at all.

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Yes they do.

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Q: What type of insects do vampire bats eat?
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Are vampire bats and bats the same?

No they are not, because vampire bats eat blood and nothing else, and normal bats eat insects-they can eat up to 3000 a day!


Can a bat eat a squirrel?

Bats do not eat squirrels. Most bats eat insects, some eat fruit, and the vampire bat drinks blood, but only of larger species, not squirrels.


Do bats eat garbage?

Bats mostly eat insects, except fruit bats that eat fruit and vampire bats that eat blood.


Are bats considered vampires?

No. There is a type of bat which drinks the blood of other animals, and it is called the vampire bat because of its diet, but there are many other kinds of bats. Most of them eat insects.


What do bat eat?

They eat fruits, flower nectar and insects. There is one specie which drinks blood and its called a Vampire Bat. About there weight in insects such as mosquitoes and mayfly's insects and fruits.


What do bats all eat?

Mostly bugs flying in the air like mosquitoes, or some drink blood from horses and chickens. ~bats don't really eat. there's 2 main types of bats; the Vampire Bats and Fruit Bats. Vampire Bats mainly suck the blood of animals(mainly cows, horses, etc.) and Fruit Bats, well, eat fruit. That one kinda answered itself:) they do eat bugs though sometimes!


Do bats drink blood?

Only vampire bats consume blood as their source of food. Other bats eat insects, amphibians, small animals and fruit.


Do humans eat vampire bats?

it depends... majority dont eat vampire bats.. just an ordinary bats


What do bats eat for dinner?

Vampire bats are carnivorous, so they tend to dine on the blood of birds or mammals. Some species of vampire bat dine on blood exclusively, while others supplement their diets with insects.


What do bats generally eat?

Some species of bats catch and eat flying insects caught on the wing. There are vampire bats that drink blood, fruit bats that eat ripe fruit, and also a species of bat that eats small fish they snatch from the water.


How vampire bats find their food?

They fly around and find insects on trees or in the air to eat. If they get really hungry they will eat small birds that are flying around.


What do bats gennrally eat?

Bats eat insects.