Common Vampire - description, habitat, lifestyle

There are many types of bats. One type is an ordinary vampire. These are bats with a body size of about 8 centimeters and a wingspan of 20 centimeters. They belong to the order of the bats, the family - leaf-bearing. Speaking of vampires, many will have an association with bloodthirsty monsters who feed on blood and hunt in the dark. Some comparisons, and the truth, are not devoid of meaning.

 Ordinary Vampire

Appearance Description

An ordinary vampire is a nocturnal animal that lives and hunts in packs. On average, one colony can consist of a hundred or even a thousand individuals.

The main difference from the rest of the bats that eat fruit is that an ordinary vampire feeds on blood. Also, the desmoda can be distinguished by its appearance: the front part of the head is short, cone-shaped, the nasal leaf is missing, the vampire has small ears and a tail.At the tip of the nose, an ordinary vampire has an infrared receptor, which makes it possible during the hunt to recognize the most vulnerable places of the victim, where the skin is the thinnest, and access to blood is the easiest.

During the flight, the bat emits up to a dozen beeps that are not audible to humans, but help the animal to identify objects in the vicinity. Among the rest of the bats, ordinary vampires have excellent eyesight, which helps to navigate the terrain and space, complementing the hearing ability.

Another distinctive feature of the vampire ordinary will be the structure of the jaw, due to the lifestyle and source of food for the animal. These are large front teeth, which help to dig into the skin of the victim, while the remaining chewing teeth are much smaller than those of other representatives of the bats.

The vampire ordinary has a large stomach, which is able to stretch out and accommodate large portions of blood, but the intestine is shortened.

Fur vampire is golden, gray or brown color. He is hard and short. The back legs of the desmod are very strong and muscular, it helps to move silently on the ground, jump and move quickly in order to take the victim by surprise.The wings of a vampire ordinary do not differ from the wings of other representatives of related species and consist of palms, forearms, shoulders with stretched flying membranes.

Breeding

Vampires reproduce ordinary very interesting, sometimes reminding people. Reproduction can occur at any time of the year. In this case, the female bears only one cub for 7 months. A small vampire is born already covered with fur and with a vision. For the first few months, the desmod conducts, hanging on the female, clutching her fur with her fingers, and her teeth in the nipple. Closer to three months, the mother begins to burp blood and feed the cub, so the little vampire accompanies the mother during the hunt and learns independence. When an ordinary vampire reaches the age of five months, the male leaves the mother and searches for a new group, and if it is a female, she adjoins the group of mothers.

The life span of an ordinary vampire is approximately 18 years. At the same time, captivity for bats shortens life to 10-12 years.

Habitat

Vampire ordinary inhabits the territory of South and Central America.The favorite climate for desmoda is subtropical and tropical.

Happy vampires prefer to sleep in caves, on the roofs and attics of houses, in the gorges or old hollows of trees. At the same time, they hang their heads down and occupy a place, focusing on social status. The upper tiers belong to the dominant males, they can easily banish individuals that are lower in the hierarchy. Like other animals, bats are constantly fighting for a higher place. Some individuals do not withstand physical and moral humiliation, and begin to lead an independent lifestyle, leaving the colony.

Ordinary vampires hunt in flocks, preferring open areas to forests. So bats easier to navigate in space and scan the surrounding objects.

Lifestyle

 Ordinary vampire lifestyle
It is believed that ordinary vampires prefer to drink human blood. But in fact, human blood is far from the preferences of these animals. At night, they hunt domestic animals, wild birds, and also monkeys, eared seals, and tapirs can become their victims.Of course, man is not immune from the attack of an ordinary vampire. The required dose of blood that desmod drinks overnight is 20 milliliters.

Bats have a specific area of ​​the brain that is responsible for processing sounds. This ability allows an ordinary vampire to distinguish when an animal sleeps in a steady and calm breath, in order to provide itself with the staple food - blood.

Bats have the ability to silently move both in the air and on the ground. They silently sneak up on the sleeping victim and try to find vulnerable spots on the back. These bats are so adapted to such a way of life that the bitten animal may not even be aware of everything that is happening. The bloodsucker can eat for more than half an hour, after which it returns to the cave or to the attic of the house where the entire colony lives. When a vampire bites an ordinary leaves in the wound active anticoagulant, which is contained in the saliva and prevents blood clotting for several hours. Thus, the bat can return to the victim and repeat the meal.

What are dangerous vampires

An ordinary vampire is considered a dangerous animal, but not because it feeds on the blood of other animals or humans. Desmoda are one of the main carriers of the rabies virus, with which a vampire can live for about 10 months. While they often prefer to bite domestic animals, this has become a big problem for agriculture.

People invented a way out by injecting a substance into cattle that, if bitten, will fall into the vampire’s saliva and prevent its blood from clotting. Thus, in a bat, internal bleeding begins. Such substances can be rubbed into a caught bat, which, returning to the flock, will spread the chemical to other individuals.

What is useful vampire ordinary

Despite the fact that vampires, like other bats, are carriers of diseases, people have learned to extract from them. So, scientists invented a medicine for blood clotting. It was previously mentioned that the vampire's saliva contains an anticoagulant that helps to cause long-term bleeding in the victim. This component helps sick people with impaired blood circulation in the brain.Desmoteplaza is the prevention of strokes, helps to thin the blood of a person and promotes the resorption of blood clots, while not having a negative impact on the general circulatory system.

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