Dictionary definition: Desmodontidae

Article: The secret life of vampire bats.
News & Record (Greensboro, NC);  October 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... never even feel it. Well, actually, vampire bats do hunt for blood. But it's not your ... burros, horses, pigs or birds. Yup, vampire bats are drawn to humans only if they're ... Hollywood horror films fuel this notion that vampire bats are everywhere, out to suck the blood ...

Article: Vampire bats: have you heard?(SCIENCE SIDE EFFECTS)
New Moon Girls;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... But to be more specific, I'm talking about vampire bats! Vampire bats are mammals that live in Mexico and Central and ... pointy ears, and little feet with sharp claws. Vampire bats have a wrinkled patch of skin near their noses ...

Transcript: Vampire Bats And Other Blood-Sucking Creatures
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday;  October 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Nation Science Friday 10-31-2008 Vampire Bats And Other Blood-Sucking Creatures ... named creature, the vampire bat. Vampire bats lived in the tropical of Central and ... am curious, drew you to the study of vampire bats in the first place? Dr. SCHUTT: Well ...

Article: Blood on the run.(vampire bats)
Journal of College Science Teaching;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... weren't spooky enough, apparently vampire bats are also ... hitting the gym? "They ... magazine, until Riskin dropped some common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) on a treadmill ... athletic. The researchers simply put the vampire bats on a treadmill and started it up. And ...

Article: Running vampire bats astound Cornell U. researchers
University Wire;  March 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... great difficulty," he said. "Vampire bats can two-step." To find out ... island in the Caribbean where vampire bats are considered a pest species ... island, the researchers caught vampire bats by laying nets around cows ...

Article: Vampire bats attack.(Life)(Brief Article)
Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication;  January 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... TURIACU, Brazil -- A wave of attacks by vampire bats has killed at least 23 people in northern ... deforestation has destroyed the habitat of vampire bats and driven them into human-populated areas. Vampire bats prey on wild and domesticated animals ...

Article: Fresh garbage CBS' 'Vampire Bats' is too ripe even ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  October 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... I have to give credit to CBS' new "Vampire Bats." It might be a made-for-TV movie ... anything away - the baddies are, yes, vampire bats. Only they're "not your everyday vampire bats," the sort that feed as parasites off ...