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
In Peru there is a species of bat
With people in Peru and Belize, they are so familiar with bats that are dubbed vampires: demon bats.
Animal world
The legendary 'vampire' and the truth you certainly don't know
In the story of the legendary Count Dracula there is always a piece of medicine that turns into a bat, flies to the bed of beautiful girls sleeping and sucking on their…
Animal world
Brazil's 'great' vampire bat, deadly bite
A man died and more than 40 people were hospitalized to treat rabies in northeast Brazil after being attacked by vampire bats, the Daily Mail reported.
Animal world
Immune rabies virus thanks to vampire bat
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the Amazon vampire bat could resist rabies virus that kills more than 55,000 people worldw…
Animal world
How do vampire bats suck blood?
By analyzing genetics and expression of heat-sensing organs (receptors) in the nose of fruit bats and vampire bats, researchers discovered heat receptors of vampire bats…