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Scientists put blood-pumped vampire bats on tiny treadmills. Here’s what they found
Researchers Dr. Giulia Rossi and Dr. Kenneth Welch embarked on an expedition to the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve in Belize, capturing 24 adult vampire bats to investigate how these mammals fuel ...
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Watch Vampire Bats Run on a Tiny Treadmill to Shed Light on Their Blood-Fueled Metabolism
Vampire bats have a specialized diet made up of mostly ... To test the hypothesis, the scientists studied 24 bats captured in Belize and fed them cows’ blood. The blood was enriched with ...
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Odd-colored creature seen falling from tree turns out to be first-of-its-kind sighting
Wildlife rangers in Belize saw an oddly colored creature fall from a tree and later identified it as a Spix’s disc-winged bat with leucism. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In a rainforest ...