Vampire Bats
WHAT ARE VAMPIRE BATS?• Like any other bat it sleeps during the day and it’s active during
the night or Nocturnal animal. A vampire bat is a mammal.
• The vampire bat has many differences from all other bats. You will see the driffences an more information in this Presentation.
WHERE IN THE W
ORLD DO THEY LIV
E?
Where DO THEY LIVE ?PART I
• VAMPIRE BATS LIVE IN:• Tropical and south central• South America• Mexico – Uruguay• Central Chile and Argentina• Some live on farms
WHERE DOES IT LIVE PART II • A vampire bat
can only be able to survive in warm climate which explains why some live near the Equator , in rain forests’ and warm places
WHERE DON’T THEY LIVE PART III
• One main reason that vampire bats can’t survive in cold weather is because they will die
What DO THE vampire
BATS CONSUME?
WHAT DO THEY CONSUME?
Vampire Bats Drink Mammal’s BLOOD
• The vampire bat will need to drink blood in order to survive.• They don’t like human blood only animal blood such as
horses , cows etc.• If there is no mammal near him/her it will starve so they will
drink the blood of the closest birds such as:Turkey Chickens
THE ATTACK
!
Process in which how vampire bats get their food
1. Vampire bats sore through
the sky looking for mammals
that are resting or laying down.
2. They land quietly in the ground then they “tiptoe” close to the mammal.
3. They cut the mammal’s skin
with their sharp teeth .
4.Finally they lick the blood of
the mammal.
Vampire BAT Charts
Charts% of rabies
Red=vampire bats that have rabies
and blue = the ones that don’t have
rabies
1MIN
4MIN
7MIN10M
IN13min
16min
19MIN22min
25min
28MIN
QUARTS OF BLOOD THAT THEY CONSUME
QUARTS
Line graph is showing how much blood does the vampire bat consume from 1min – 30min(each min the bat will drink about 166 quarts)
Food web and Pyramid
Anaconda , Black Caiman
Ocelot, Toucan , Vampire bat, Golden Lion Kinkaiou ,
Leaves , Leaf cutter , Poison Dark Frog
Vampire Facts
Size
Body Length: 2 ¾ inch
Wingspan: 8 inches
Weight 0.5-1.75 OZ
Breeding
Mating Season: All Year
No. of young: 1
Gestation: 6-8 months
Sexual maturity : 9 months
Life Style
Habit: Nocturnal.Lives in colonies with 100 bats
in each colonies
Diet: BLOOD
Lifespan: 9 years in wild20 years captivity
DesmodusRotundus
Diaemus Youngi
Diphylla Ecaudata
ALL 3 Spices
Order = Chiroptera
Resources
Vampire bat facts found in:Wild life fact- fileWild life explorerWikipediaEcoCheetah Wiki