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Article: BAT MYTHS DRIVE EXPERTS 'BATTY'
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 23, 2008
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The California Department of Fish and Game issued the following press release:
As Halloween approaches, bat experts brace themselves for the annual barrage of misinformation about these gentle, beneficial creatures of the night. Common myths include: bats will suck your blood, they'll fly into your hair, they're flying rats, most of them have rabies. None are true. What most bats have, in reality, is a bad image.
In fact, only three of the roughly 1,100 species of bats worldwide feed on blood. Vampire bats, found in Central and South America, usually take their blood meals - by lapping an ounce or two at a time - from nicks their sharp incisors have made in the skin of livestock. Even ...