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The paleontologist also said that this specimen’s skull is up to 30% larger than those belonging to extant vampire bats. (Incidentally, this bat species name is indeed a nod to the legends of ...

Unlike other bats, vampire bats boast knife-sharp incisors that erupt out of their mouths. “You can actually cut yourself handling a bat skull in a museum, they’re that sharp,” Patterson says.

Vampire bats use their wings to run. Other bats use their wings to swim, store things, or catch babies when they're born. Watch vampire bats run on a treadmill.

When one thinks of vampire bats, friendship and cooperation may not be among the qualities that come to mind for these blood-feasting creatures of the night. But maybe they should.

A team of paleontologists in Argentina has described the 100,000-year-old fossilized jawbone of the largest known vampire bat. The post 100,000-Year-Old Fossil of Largest-Ever Vampire Bat Found ...