![]() ![]() ![]() The latter two prefer birds, while the common is often seen snacking on livestock like horses, cows and pigs. Out of the more than 1,400 species of bats that inhabit the Earth, there are only three that only drink blood: the Common Vampire Bat ( Desmodus rotundus), the type most people are familiar with and the rarer hairy-legged ( Diphylla ecaudata) and white-winged ( Diaemus youngi) Vampire Bats. Let’s face it: no one ever loved a jab from a mosquito or a syringe, let alone being bitten. Theres no way around that knee-jerk ick factor, with their too-wrinkled faces and too-toothy smile. Pity especially the poor vampire bat, who’s taken the brunt of it all. Planning on seeing any horror movies this Halloween? You might just see some swarms of bats, holding true to a time-honored tradition of equating bats to agents of evil.
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