Repeat attack.Vampire bats vampire bat, name for the blood-drinking bats of the family Desmodontidae, found in the New World tropics. Vampire bats feed exclusively on the blood of living animals and are thus the only true parasites among mammals. often feed on the blood of the same individuals night after night. Scientists have discovered how the bats find their preferred prey in the dead of night. Udo Groger, a biologist at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, discovered that vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus Noun 1. Desmodus rotundus - mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals , can memorize mem·o·rize tr.v. mem·o·rized, mem·o·riz·ing, mem·o·riz·es 1. To commit to memory; learn by heart. 2. Computer Science To store in memory: and recognize the sound of an individual's breathing. Like a voice, every individual has a unique breathing pattern. The bats can follow this sound to its source. That can be a lifesaving trick. Vampire bats feed on prey, such as livestock, that are 1,000 times their size. "Biting [the] animal is a big risk," says Groger. If a bat finds an animal that doesn't wake while the bat feeds, the night flier benefits by returning to the heavy sleeper Sleeper Stock in which there is little investor interest but that has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Antithesis of high flyer. several nights in a row. |
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