http://www.vampire-bats.net/articles Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:30:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now, due to the rather large number (1,000) of bat species alive in this world, one must wonder, where does the vampire bat fit into this? Well, to explain this, we shall start off with the basics. Firstly, it must be known that there are two main groups of bats; ... http://www.vampire-bats.net/articles/over-1000-species-of-bats-where-does-the-vampire-bat-fit-in.html When European explores returned from the New world in the 1500’, they told strange tales of blood sucking bats that live in Mexico and South America. We know now however, that vampire bats rarely bother humans, but these stories horrified Europeans. In fact, it wasn’t long before vampire bat stories ... http://www.vampire-bats.net/articles/people-and-bats-the-legendary-tale-of-dracula-and-others.html There are many myths about bats, and for the most part they are stories that portray bats in a bad light. Bats are Blind As we have learned, bats are not blind and many have keen vision that compares well with our own or that of owls. Why then, do we have ... http://www.vampire-bats.net/articles/myths-about-bats.html Scientists think that bats probably first appeared many years even before the oldest known bat bones, perhaps 65 to 100 million years ago. That would mean that bats lived at the same time as the dinosaurs. The earliest known megabats lived 35 million years ago. Many scientists think that they ... http://www.vampire-bats.net/articles/origin-of-bats.html Identifying captured bats can be more difficult than finding them. The first step is to decide on whether your captured bat is a male or female. In most bats, this decision is easy because the penises of bats are conspicuous. Also, on many bats, worn areas around the nipples make ... http://www.vampire-bats.net/articles/identifying-bats.html