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How do vampire bats feed their prey?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

If you meant how do they feed off their prey - they bite the animals flesh, and lick at the blood that oozes out. Their saliva contains a mild `anaesthetic' - so after the initial bite, the prey feels nothing.

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