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        "description": "<p>When it comes to feeding, this thumb-sized bat definitely sides with Dracula. Vampire bats are the only mammals on an all-blood diet \u2014\u00a0and an unsuspecting cow is the perfect prey.</p>", 
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        "title": "World's Weirdest: Vampire Bats", 
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                    "name": "Vampire Bat Animal Profile"
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        "transcript": "<p>He comes in the night, avoiding the moonlight.</p><p>He has just one all-consuming desire-to feed.</p><p>And there's only one thing on the menu-your blood.</p><p>This is no mythical creature, but a living, breathing animal-the vampire bat.</p><p>When it comes to feeding, this little thumb-sized bat definitely sides with Dracula.</p><p>It's the only mammal on an all-blood diet.</p><p>An unsuspecting cow is the perfect prey.</p><p>First, a stealthy ground approach.</p><p>Vampire bats can walk on their thumbs and hop like a rabbit.</p><p>Ankles and ears are prime targets.</p><p>A quick bite and the feast begins.</p><p>These vampires really do have fangs-sharp upper incisors that can delicately slice into their prey without being detected.</p><p>Anticoagulants in the bat's saliva keep the blood from clotting.</p><p>They don't suck blood-they drink it.</p><p>And they're blood-o-holics.</p><p>If a vampire bat misses more than one night of slurping, they could die.</p><p>No one dies from blood loss at this vampire's meal.</p><p>But they can kill.</p><p>Millions of dollars' worth of cattle die each year from rabies transmitted through vampire bat bites.</p><p>It may not be supernatural, but that's definitely scary.</p><p>on.</p>", 
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