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Watch Vampire Bats Run on a Tiny Treadmill to Shed Light on Their Blood-Fueled Metabolism

While much of the world sleeps, vampire bats from Mexico, Central and South America emerge into the darkness to feast on ...
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Why scientists made vampire bats run on treadmills

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Vampire bats run on treadmills as scientists study energy outputs from blood diet

Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures metabolized the blood they ...
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Watch Vampire Bats Run on a Tiny Treadmill to Shed Light on Their Blood-Fueled Metabolism

Vampire bats are the only mammals that feed solely on blood. Price Sewell via Rossi and Welch, Biology Letters, 2024 While much of the world sleeps, vampire bats from Mexico, Central and South America ...