Vampire bats' metabolism mirrors that of blood-sucking insects, biologists find

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Nov 6, 2024, 10:56 am65 pts
A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source similarly to blood-sucking insects. In their study published in the journal Biology Letters, Giulia Rossi and Kenneth Welch coaxed vampire bats in their lab to run on a treadmill as a way…

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