Female vampire bats meet up with roostmates while foraging, cooperate on their hunting trips, and even chat with each other, researchers say.

Vampire bats that form bonds in captivity and continue those 'friendships' in the wild also hunt together, meeting up over a meal after independent departures from the roost, according to a new study.

Vampire bats are happy to share their meals with a friend, suggesting a strong bond between these social mammals.

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The pair studied the metabolism of 24 vampire bats—each was fed a meal of cow's blood containing both amino acids and labeled carbon atoms.

Vampire bats may coordinate with ‘friends’ over a bite to eat Study tracks foraging behavior of 50 bats in the wild Peer-Reviewed Publication Ohio State University ...

The researchers found that vampire bats — like blood-sucking insects — are capable of metabolizing amino acids as a primary energy source.

Vampire bats eat only blood and therefore probably don’t encounter toxins in their food, say Ratcliffe and his colleagues.

Bill: Our vampire bats eat cow blood, and in nature nowadays they typically eat cow blood, horses, hogs, and sometimes humans. Rob: Sometimes humans. There it is. Not here at the Louisville Zoo ...

For vampire bats, however, it turns out a heaping bowl of amino acid-rich blood will suffice. Researchers from the University of Toronto captured several vampire bats and taught them to run on a ...

With gargoyle-like faces, razor-sharp fangs and an insatiable thirst for blood, vampire bats are nightmare fuel. And that’s before they start running. Unlike most bats, which largely avoid the ...