• Question: Do vampire bats really drink blood?

    Asked by meg123 to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 19 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Sarah Martin

      Sarah Martin answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      Hi meg!

      Only three types of bat drink blood: the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi).
      But all three species live in South Americas, in Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
      🙂 Sarah

    • Photo: Karen Reed

      Karen Reed answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      Hiya Meg – yes they do. But not human blood thankfully – but of cows and elephants and animals like that.
      Check out
      http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/vampire-bat/
      for more info

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