Why scientists made vampire bats run on treadmills
Ask a runner what they eat before a lengthy race and you’ll probably receive a variety of answers. Some will suggest a light ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7 天
Watch Vampire Bats Run on a Tiny Treadmill to Shed Light on Their Blood-Fueled Metabolism
In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...
New Scientist on MSN9 天
Vampire bats run on a treadmill to reveal their strange metabolism
Experiments where vampire bats were made to run on a treadmill have revealed how they extract energy from protein in their latest blood meal ...
Indiatimes6 天
Vampire bats: The truth behind their blood-sucking diet and how they hunt
they use their razor-sharp incisors to draw blood from the human body. Vampire bats need only 20 grams of blood per day and the research on them states that the vampire bats have the anticoagulant ...