Vampire Bat Facts: They EAT BLOOD 🦇 Animal Fact Files

 

CONTENT WARNING: Blood. The vampire bat gets its common name from the bloodsucking creatures of human imagination and not the other way around. Vampire bats, however, do not suck blood. Let's learn more about these bats to dispel some vampire bat myths and learn other fascination vampire bat facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Subfamily - Desmodontinae Range: Central and South America Habitat: forests and sometimes agricultural areas Size: 40g (1.4oz) in weight, 3.3 inches (85mm) long Diet: blood Threats: snake and birds of prey Lifespan: up to 10 years in the wild ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, their requests made first, exclusive content, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles 🦇 MORE BAT FACTS ON ANIMAL FACT FILES 🦇 Bat Facts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9p1ZxhzOaw Flying Fox Facts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ufniizp2EA There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@animalfactfilesyt 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/animalfactfiles 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles 📚 Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Vampire Bat SPECIES 0:00 Vampire Bat SIZE 0:59 Vampire Bat HABITAT and RANGE 1:19 Vampire Bat FAMILY MATTERS 1:47 Vampire Bat REPRODUCTION 2:13 Vampire Bat THREATS 2:52 Vampire Bat SUCK BLOOD 3:02 Vampire Bat RABIES 4:03 Vampire Bat VS VAMPIRE 4:54 Vampire Bat APPEARANCE 5:17 Thanks! 5:47 --- Image and Video Credits: Acatenazzi - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desmodus_rotundus_A_Catenazzi.jpg Uwe Schmidt - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desmo-Flug-01.tif Batfossil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Vampire_Bat_Skull.jpg Cephas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Desmodus_rotundus_map.svg ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diphylla_ecaudata_map.svg ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diaemus_youngi_map.svg Cardoso Claudio V., et al - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diphylla_ecaudata2.jpg Gerry Carter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hairy-legged_vampire_bat,_Diphylla_ecaudata_(closeup).jpg ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_vampire_bat,_Desmodus_rotundus.jpg Nicholas - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/196313318 Gcarter2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dyoungi.jpg Gröger U, Wiegrebe L - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Classification-of-human-breathing-sounds-by-the-common-vampire-bat-Desmodus-rotundus-1741-7007-4-18-S2.ogv Oasalehm - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vampire_bat_allogrooming.jpg Denver Zoo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gku7qeeBJ6o Bhanu and Ashwin's Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by7Z0YujUbY Aa A - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/185854985 Marco Tschapka - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spectral_bat_photo.jpg Ryan Somma - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/2169895272 Gonzalo Ossa Gomez - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/112757895 Carlos Funes - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/91467528 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/91467617 Yves Bas - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/111293228 DW - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/172350485 ShibbyPictures - https://vimeo.com/111294688 Peter L Achuff - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/118953174 Patrick Delhalt - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/136948798 Juan Cruzado Cortes - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/4605319 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/59191101 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/61785816 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/61730402 Edward Bell - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/58306922 Carlos Funes - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/91479551 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/91466620 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/91466919 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/91479634 Sandstein - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desmodus_rotundus_feeding.jpg Ma. Eugenia Mendiola González - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/83349763 Piefrosch - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megaderma_spasma.jpg Research Credits: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552342#null https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diphylla_ecaudata https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Chiroptera/Diphylla_ecaudata.php https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy-legged_vampire_bat https://www.britannica.com/animal/vampire-bat#ref710538 https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diaemus_youngi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_vampire_bat https://www.jstor.org/stable/1379959 https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Desmodus_rotundus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat #animalfactfiles #vampirebat #vampire