Animal world
Discovered a gene error that creates vampires - creatures that only drink blood to live
Blood usually doesn't provide enough nutrients for a real organism to exist like a Dracula vampire, except for one species, thanks to 13 genes.
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Animal world
Devil bats kiss their species in exchange for blood
When making friends, the bat will groom and share food that is drawn from other creatures by mouth.
Archeology
Discover the peculiar flying lizard hanging upside down on a tree like a bat in China
With its flat mouth, big eyes and hanging upside down in a tree, Vesperopterylus is indeed the strangest ancient flying pterosaur ever existed on Earth.
Life
Eating wild meat - a thousand-year habit of harming Chinese people
The belief in miraculous use for health, social fame, causing Chinese people to continue the habit of eating wildlife is being criticized as bringing the risk of infecti…
Animal world
Detected 500 corona virus types in bats
Studying Rhinolophus bats, experts found 500 types of corona virus, supplementing evidence of intermediaries infecting humans.
Animal world
Why is bat the culprit of many global pandemics?
According to scientists, the origin of Wuhan Corona virus may come from a snake. However, other infectious disease experts say the culprit is likely the bat.
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'Batman' has appeared in ancient Mayan legends and is served as a god
In 2500 BC, before DC Comics invented Batman, the ancient Mayans worshiped Batman
Animal world
Why do bat hang upside down when sleeping?
When resting or sleeping, bats always hang upside down, head down, using claws of the hind limbs to hook into the gap of cliffs, walls, rafters ...
Biology
Discover a rare and precious conifer population in Lao Cai
In the morning of September 20, Mr. Ngo Kien Trung, Head of Bat Xat Nature Reserve Management Board (Lao Cai), said that the unit had just discovered a rare and precious…
Animal world
Bats use leaves to ... 'mirrors' to find prey in the dark
On moonless nights in a tropical forest, bats easily penetrate the darkness, keep the insects lying silently on the leaves, something that seems impossible but is actual…
Animal world
New discoveries about bats: Male bats use food to propose
Not only know how to use food to 'please' the bat, the male bat emits very distinct tones and quickly changes the melody in a creative way so that the bat is 'enchanting…
Archeology
Discovered bat-like dinosaurs in China
A new dinosaur with wings resembling bats has been discovered in China, shedding light on how the evolutionary dinosaurs become birds.
Animal world
Africa's most bizarre fox: Cute to beat but even hunted newspapers
This animal has only two distinct populations, one living in the South, and one in East Africa.
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Little known facts about the Sahara desert
Today can be terrifyingly hot, the Sahara has always been the cradle of life, enveloping thousands of ancient inhabitants.
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Find the key to help your body not grow old with age
An international team of researchers analyzed the bat genome - the animal that holds the secret of immortality of the entire animal world.