They compared the genome of common vampire bats to 26 other bat species and identified 13 genes that are missing or no longer work in vampire bats. Over the years, those gene tweaks helped them adapt to a blood diet rich in iron and protein but with minimal fats or carbohydrates, the researchers reported Friday in theThe bats live in South and Central America and are basically “living Draculas,” said co-author Michael Hiller of Germany's Max Planck Institute.
“Blood is a terrible food source,” said Hannah Kim Frank, a bat researcher at Tulane University, who was not involved in the study. “It's totally bizarre and amazing that vampire bats can survive on blood - they are really weird, even among bats.”The latest work expands upon research by another team that pinpointed three of the 13 gene losses.
With such a low-calorie diet, vampire bats can't go long without a meal. In a pinch, well-fed ones will regurgitate their food to share with a starving neighbor. They seem to keep track of who has helped them in the past, said Hiller, noting that vampire bats have complex social relationships.
revenge probably, I wonder if snorting a line of ants, biting the head of a bat and hailing satan makes a plague? tbf, a lot of long haul people do kind of sound like ozzy, he may be long hauling since the bat, lol
Who would like to explain this