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Most bats are not at all harmful, but actually helpful, as they eat destructive insects. Three of the thousands of species of bats are "vampire bats" which consume blood; they rarely attack humans, but do occasionally prey on livestock. All three species live in tropical or subtropical climates in the Americas ranging from Mexico to Argentina. Also, while very few bats are actually infected by rabies, a substantial fraction of human cases of rabies in the United States result from bat bites.

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