Vampire Bats by Jordan Darefsky

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Vampire Batsby Jordan Darefsky
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Vampire Bats
Shelter Caves Barns Attics
Surface Features Grass Hills Rocks Dirt
Habitat Tropical and subtropical forests
temperate scrubs And woodlands cactus deserts
Vegetation Trees Shrubs
Climate Air is dry to humid Usually warm
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Physical Features
Diet
Vampire Bats
Interesting Facts
Behaviors
Quiz
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Diet

• Vampire bats drink the blood of other small
  animals and eat moths.
• Vampire bats live in their habitat and will drink
  from what they find.
• Vampire bats have razor sharp and triangular
  teeth.

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Physical Features

• Vampire bats can fly 15 m.p.h.
• Vampire bats have big ears because they make a
  sound. The sound bounces off of the closest thing
  and comes back to their ears. It tells them how
  far they are away from something. This process is
  called echolocation.
• Vampire bats can run and jump.

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Behaviors

• Vampire bats usually hunt in groups. Many bats
  can drink blood from an animal.
• Vampire bats survive in their caves because
  theyre dark and theyre not to hot or cold.
• Vampire bats usually drink blood from mammals.

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Interesting Facts

• When vampire bats drink blood they use their
  teeth to make a slit in their preys skin.
  Vampire bats saliva contains a substance called
  draculin. Draculin stops blood from clotting.
  Vampire bats lap blood, not suck blood.
• Vampire bats are pregnant for 8 months.
• Vampire bats need blood every couple days, so if
  they cant find blood other bats give them blood
  through their mouths. This process looks like
  kissing.

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Quiz

• How do vampire bats drink blood?
• Why do vampire bats have big ears?
• What if vampire bats dont get enough blood?