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No, a vampire bat will eat bugs and any small creature.
The first answer, "yes" is the correct one for PCH.
Vampire bat, name for the blood-drinking bats of the family Desmodontidae, found in the New World tropics. Vampire bats feed exclusively on the blood of living animals and are thus the only true parasites among mammals.
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What 3 bats feed on blood?
Only Vampire bats feed on blood. The species that do this are the Common Vampire Bat, the Hairy-Legged Vampire Bat and the White-Winged Vampire bat.
Do vampire bats bite humans for blood?
Yes, vampire bats do bite humans to feed on blood, but these incidents are rare. Vampire bats primarily feed on the blood of other animals, such as livestock. In the rare cases where they do bite humans, it is usually when the bat is unable to find its preferred food source.
Are there vampire bats in Thailand?
Vampire bats can only be found in Central and South America. Thailand has a type of bat, called the false vampire bat that resembles a vampire bat in appearance, but doesnâ??t feed on blood.
Do bats drink blood?
While some bats do feed on blood, known as vampire bats, the vast majority of bat species do not drink blood. Only three species out of over 1,400 bat species feed on blood, and even they typically target livestock like cows or pigs rather than humans.
Do bats really drink blood?
Actually, only vampire bats do. The others eat insects and sometimes small rodents. When they do drink it, they put saliva on the bite so it does not clot. Then they lap up the blood coming out of the wound. Hope this helped:)
Why are vampire bats called vampire bats?
They are mainly called that because the behavior of the bats was similar to that of the legendary 'vampire' that would suck blood from humans and animals. Vampire bats drink blood (usually only a few drops) from animals.
What do vampire bats and birds have in common?
Vampires and Vampire bats both drink blood. The only difference is that vampire bats drink animal blood. Plus vampire bats are real. The other type are fictional.
Why do vampire bats only drink blood?
According to National Geographic, Vampire Bats are the only known mammal to feed entirely on blood. They get all their nutrients from other animals blood. A single vampire bat can drink the equivalent of the blood of a small human in a single year, which would be approximately 67 times their body weight. That would be like the average person eating an African Elephant, whole!
What do vampires drink apart from blood?
It has only ever been known that vampires drink blood. There doesn't appear to be any specific kind of blood which they can live off, though the most common kind of blood human vampires seek is the blood of humans, although there are some exceptions when reading more contemporary literature such as The Vampire Diaries and The Twilight Saga. Vampire Bats are known to feed off the blood of mammals (such as humans), although this only applied to the Common Vampire Bat, whereas the Hairy-Legged and White-Winged Vampire Bats are known to feed on the blood of birds.
Do vampire bats eat other bats?
No, they only suck other animals blood, hence the term 'vampire'.
How do bats drink human blood?
There is no bats that drink blood. Most of the bats eat fruit pulp and they're called fruit bat. However there are a species of bats the sucks blood and they're called vampire bats.Vampire bats doesn't sucks human blood only other mammals like cattle.
Are vampires physically related to vampire bats or is that just a name?
Vampire folklore was around long before the discovery of vampire bats in South American in the 16th century. These bats (which feed on blood) were named after the folkloric vampire (not the other way around). The only thing that relates a fictional vampire and a real vampire bat is the name. supporting article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire#Vampire_bats
