Of all things “Vampire bat”. There unique choice of food and unique style of acquiring it makes for a very interesting tale. To start off, the vampire bat will leave its roost just after dusk. The vampire bat is able to fly very rapidly as it hunts due to its long and narrow wings. Radio tracking’s show that the vampire bat will return to an area where it has found prey before.

As soon as the vampire bat selects its victim, it lands on the ground. Typically, the animal of choice is some type of cattle or bird like a chicken. The vampire bat will attack a sleeping warm blooded victim. It will generally walk or hop to its prey, gently as to not wake up the animal. To feed, it will find a spot on the victim and with its sharp teeth, make a small bite. It then spits out the piece of skin, and begins to lap up the blood.

Now, the bats saliva keeps the blood from clotting, and keeps the blood flow coming, as it contains special chemicals. The grooves on the back of the vampire bats tongue direct the blood to its mouth. The bat will feed for about eight minutes in order to get enough to eat. Even so, its full meal will only amount to 8 teaspoonfuls of blood. Even so this will be about 60 percent of the bats weight.

When the bat is ready to fly off, it must first lighten its load, and so it urinates the blood plasma out of its system. Now, to deter any previous though of vampire bats being cruel and horrible creatures, it should be known that : vampire bats are known to share meals. Yes, if a hungry and sickly bat begs for food back at the roost, the vampire bat is likely to spit up some of its blood meal so that the other may eat.

There are problems for these vampire bats due to the fact that they eat only blood. Each common vampire bat has about a 7 % chance of not eating on any given night. This is very dangerous as a bat cannot survive for two days straight without eating a meal. Many other blood eating animals like ticks, can go for weeks without a meal. However, the bat is warm blooded, and needs the energy to stay at that temperature. This is why vampire bats are not seen in cold area of the globe.