Bats are the real vampires



As we know from myths, cinema and literature, like vampires turning into bats. The existence of human-vampire is very doubtful, but the bats are found among these bloodsuckers.

Vampire bat bats just 9 cm in length and weigh 40 grams. They are the only ones among these parasites of warm-blooded vertebrates. Feed baby exclusively with fresh blood, finding the victim with special infrared receptors located in the nose. As expected vampires, bats hunt at night, they are usually the victims are sleeping mammals, they sometimes attack people. Vampire bite is not painful due to the content in the saliva of anesthetic agents and anticoagulants that prevent blood clotting. In most cases, the victim did not even wake up. However, if the vampire successfully will attack the same small creature like himself, the meeting will end with death of the victim.

In the video you can see how the vampire attacks another bat.

via factroom.ru

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