Deforestation is being blamed for vampire bat attacks in Brazil.* Deforestation deforestation Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. is being blamed for vampire bat attacks in Brazil. The health ministry says there were almost three hundred attacks and thirteen human deaths resulting rabies-carrying vampire bats in March 2004 alone. Government scientists believe greater avail-ability of livestock and less vegetation for fruit-eating bats See Fruit bat have led to changes in bats' migratory migratory /mi·gra·to·ry/ (mi´grah-tor?e) 1. roving or wandering. 2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by migration; undergoing periodic migration. migratory emanating from or pertaining to migration. patterns, affecting their population and behavior. |
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