Nicholas Bakalar
for National Geographic News
for National Geographic News
June 19, 2006
Vampire bats are the only mammals whose diet consists exclusively of blood, and when they find a source they like, they come back for more, feeding on the same individual on consecutive nights.
Now researchers have figured out how they do it: The bats can hear you breathing.
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