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Common vampire bat

Desmodus rotundus

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

Strupeni sesalci

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The common vampire bat is a small bat that feeds on the blood of mammals, mostly farm animals such as cattle and horses. It lives in the Americas, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina, and it is one of only three vampire bat species in the world. It matters because it can carry rabies and is considered a pest by farmers.1

Živi v

Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad (also Margarita)1

Severna Amerika, Južna Amerika

Domov

It prefers warm, humid climates and uses tropical and subtropical woodlands and open grasslands for feeding. It roosts in trees, caves, abandoned buildings, old wells and mines, and it is the most common bat species in southeastern Brazil.1

Dolžina

9 cm (3,5 in)1

Teža

25 g do 40 g (0,9 oz do 1,4 oz)1

Največja hitrost

približno 20 km/h (12 mph)

Letenje, groba ocena

Kaj je?

It feeds mainly on the blood of mammals, especially livestock. It approaches sleeping prey at night, cuts a small flap of skin with its razor-sharp teeth, and laps up the blood with its tongue.1

Fotografija: Common vampire bat — Common vampire bat. Fotografija: Tomás Carranza Perales. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Short-haired fur, silver-grey on the underside and darker on the back1
Flat, leaf-shaped nose and a deeply grooved lower lip1
A well-developed, clawed thumb on each wing, longer than in its relatives1
Average body length of about 9 cm, with an 18 cm wingspan1
Can run and leap on the ground, using its wings to push forward1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: The hairy-legged vampire bat and the white-winged vampire bat look very similar. The common vampire bat can be told apart by its longer thumb, and it feeds on mammal blood far more often than the other two, which mostly feed on birds.1

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The bat is a carrier of rabies, and the danger is mostly to livestock rather than to people. Any person who wakes to find a vampire bat in their sleeping quarters should seek medical attention, and young children may not fully wake up during a bite.1

Če ugrizne

Anyone who wakes to find a vampire bat in their sleeping area should get medical attention. Bats should be avoided and not handled, and they should not be kept in living spaces.1
Rano dobro umij in poišči zdravniško pomoč.

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Ostani varen

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Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti

Kje na svetu?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

Koliko tehta?

težka kot 40 sponk za papir

dolga kot 3 kock za igranje v vrstizmore preleteti celo nogometno igrišče v 19 sekundah

Kakšne velikosti je Common vampire bat v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

Domača muha približno 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Common vampire bat približno 20 km/h (12 mph)

Človek, ki šprinta približno 37 km/h (23 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

Its saliva contains an anticoagulant called Draculin, named after Count Dracula, which keeps the blood from clotting while it feeds.1

A genetically engineered drug based on the anticoagulant in its saliva, called desmoteplase, has been shown to increase blood flow in stroke patients.1

Heat sensors in its nose help it find blood vessels close to the surface of the skin.1

It has the fewest teeth of any bat, and its upper incisors have no enamel, which keeps them sharp.1

Vampire bats share food with each other, and a bat that is well fed will regurgitate blood to a hungry roost-mate, mostly to its own young.1

It hunts at night and can travel 5 to 8 km from its roost to find food.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Desmodus rotundus
Skupina: Strupeni sesalci
Družina: Phyllostomidae2
Red: Chiroptera
Celine: Severna Amerika, Južna Amerika
Mladiči: Females give birth to one offspring per pregnancy after a gestation period of about seven months.1
Kako ji gre v naravi: Least Concern1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

Common vampire bat (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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