Common Vampire Bat

Their bad rap is really batty!
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It’s Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids’ 1st Anniversary! Do Vampire Bats drink human blood (**SPOILER ALERT: NO**)? Do bats deserve their bad reputation? Have people gone to war over bat poop? Did scientists have Common Vampire Bats go to the gym? Are Vampire Bats actually very nice to each other? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on Kingdom: Animalia’s 1st ANNIVERSARY episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus.

Credits:

• Episode Art: Uwe Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; background removed.
• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeod

Further Reading (Experiments):

• Vampire Bats Call Out to Friends to Share Blood Meals
• Unlike other bats, vampire bats keep out of trouble by running, Cornell researchers find

Links:

• Common Vampire Bat on Treadmill Video
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Transcript
• Works Cited

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