Their bad rap drives them batty!
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It’s Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids’ 1st Anniversary! Do Vampire Bats drink human blood (**SPOILER ALERT: NO**)? Do bats deserve their bad reputation? Have people gone to war over bat poop? Did scientists have Common Vampire Bats go to the gym? Are Vampire Bats actually very nice to each other? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on Kingdom: Animalia’s 1st ANNIVERSARY episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus.

The next episode is an April Fools Day special, so no riddle. You can send in your questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk.

Credits:

• Episode Art: Uwe Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; background removed.

Further Reading (Experiments):

• Vampire Bats Call Out to Friends to Share Blood Meals
• Unlike other bats, vampire bats keep out of trouble by running, Cornell researchers find

Links:

• Common Vampire Bat on Treadmill
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Read Transcript
• Check Works Cited

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia.

**Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s) and they’ll get featured on Ask the Chickadee Brothers!**



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