Scary bats that fly by night and creep into your bed to suck your blood exist only in horror stories – right? WRONG! Vampire bats are real, and they do feed on fresh blood. Their disgusting diet comes mainly
from animals, such as cows and goats. But one species, the common vampire bat, is also happy to suck human blood. CreePing anD CraWling To avoid waking you up and having its meal ruined, a vampire bat will land some distance away, then creep silently towards you, using its folded-up wings as feet.
Yikes! raZor-sharP teeth! Once it’s close to you, the bat uses its sharp fangs to cut open your skin. It has special saliva (spit) that numbs pain, so you don’t feel a thing. Then, as your blood flows out, the bat quickly laps it up. Slurp! Check out these fangs! DiD you know? feeding fills a vampire bat with so much blood that its too heavy to fly. so it waits a while, digests its dinner, then makes itself lighter by having a big wee before taking flight. Bloodsucking bats are pretty revolting – and scary, too. revolting raBies Being bitten by a vampire bat won’t harm you much – unless the bat is carrying rabies. This is a disgusting (and deadly) disease that makes you foam at the mouth (produce lots of spit bubbles).



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