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Vampire bats are remarkably well-adapted to the rain forest. They come out at night and use heat sensors to find a goat, child or other mammal, which they feed upon only after determining from its breathing that it is truly asleep.
If the prey is an animal with fur, vampire bats use special teeth to shave the skin. Then they use incisors to cut the skin almost painlessly, while the saliva prevents clotting, and they lap up the blood.
-- Nicholas D. Kristof for The New York Times
You wouldn't guess that this is about saving the rain forest, unless you are well familiar with Kristof's writing. He knows how to hook us.
If the prey is an animal with fur, vampire bats use special teeth to shave the skin. Then they use incisors to cut the skin almost painlessly, while the saliva prevents clotting, and they lap up the blood.
-- Nicholas D. Kristof for The New York Times
You wouldn't guess that this is about saving the rain forest, unless you are well familiar with Kristof's writing. He knows how to hook us.
