Show 4 Laps Up Blood Bood I Some members of the bat family I will eat fruit or bugs In fact the biggest bats in the world world the the giant fruit bats of Java Java have have no interest in a blood diet This is fortunate for the natives for Cor I these bats measure measure measure meas meas- ure three feet and more across their wings I There is many a legend about the vampire bat and not a all of these tales are true One persistent bit of lore is that the creature is a blood sucker This is wrong The vampire vampire pire literally laps up blood with a tiny and amazingly efficient tongue This tongue flicks back and forth at high speed wh when n the flesh of the victim vic vic- tim has been punctured and takes I F up the blood so fast that it seems the eating is done by sucking it up I I |