{"id":421559,"date":"2022-03-25T23:10:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-figure-out-how-vampire-bats-got-a-taste-for-blood\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T23:10:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:10:27","slug":"scientists-figure-out-how-vampire-bats-got-a-taste-for-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-figure-out-how-vampire-bats-got-a-taste-for-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3846c5e999d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3846c5e999d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-figure-out-how-vampire-bats-got-a-taste-for-blood\/#%E2%80%9CScientists_figure_out_how_vampire_bats_got_a_taste_for_blood%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CScientists_figure_out_how_vampire_bats_got_a_taste_for_blood%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/scientists-figure-out.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/scientists-figure-out.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This photo provided by Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS in March 2022 shows a vampire bat in flight. According to a report published Friday, March 25, 2022 in the journal &lt;i&gt;Science Advances&lt;\/i&gt;, scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of only blood. Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/scientists-figure-out.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood\" title=\"This photo provided by Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS in March 2022 shows a vampire bat in flight. According to a report published Friday, March 25, 2022 in the journal &lt;i&gt;Science Advances&lt;\/i&gt;, scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of only blood. Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS via AP\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                This photo provided by Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS in March 2022 shows a vampire bat in flight. According to a report published Friday, March 25, 2022 in the journal <i><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Advances<\/i>, scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of only blood. Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS via AP<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>They compared the genome of common vampire bats to 26 other bat species and identified 13 genes that are missing or no longer work in vampire bats. Over the years, those gene tweaks helped them adapt to a blood diet rich in iron and protein but with minimal fats or carbohydrates, the researchers reported Friday in the journal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pronto.associatedpress.com\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.abm6494\">Science Advances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bats live in South and Central America and are basically &#8220;living Draculas,&#8221; said co-author Michael Hiller of Germany&#8217;s Max Planck Institute. About 3 inches (8 centimeters) long with a wingspan of 7 inches (18 centimeters), the bats bite and than lap up blood from livestock or other animals at night.<\/p>\n<p>Most mammals couldn&#8217;t survive on a low-calorie liquid diet of blood. Only three vampire species of the 1,400 kinds of bats can do that\u2014the others eat mostly insects, fruit, nectar, pollen or meat, such as small frogs and fish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blood is a terrible food source,&#8221; said Hannah Kim Frank, a bat researcher at Tulane University, who was not involved in the study. &#8220;It&#8217;s totally bizarre and amazing that vampire bats can survive on blood\u2014they are really weird, even among bats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-gallery js-article-gallery\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/scientists-figure-out-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/scientists-figure-out-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This photo provided by Marco A. R. Mello in March 2022 shows a vampire bat. According to a report published Friday, March 25, 2022 in the journal &lt;i&gt;Science Advances&lt;\/i&gt;, scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of only blood. Credit: Marco A. R. Mello\/AAAS via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/scientists-figure-out-1.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    This photo provided by Marco A. R. Mello in March 2022 shows a vampire bat. According to a report published Friday, March 25, 2022 in the journal <i>Science Advances<\/i>, scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of only blood. Credit: Marco A. R. Mello\/AAAS via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/scientists-figure-out-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/scientists-figure-out-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This photo provided by Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS in March 2022 shows a vampire bat in flight. According to a report published Friday, March 25, 2022 in the journal &lt;i&gt;Science Advances&lt;\/i&gt;, scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of only blood. Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/scientists-figure-out-2.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    This photo provided by Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS in March 2022 shows a vampire bat in flight. According to a report published Friday, March 25, 2022 in the journal <i>Science Advances<\/i>, scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of only blood. Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton\/AAAS via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some other creatures also have a taste for blood, including mosquitoes, bedbugs, leeches and fleas.<\/p>\n<p>The latest work expands upon research by another team that pinpointed three of the 13 gene losses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new paper shows how different vampire bats are from even other closely related bats, which eat nectar and fruit,&#8221; said Kate Langwig, a bat researcher at Virginia Tech, who had no role in the study.<\/p>\n<p>With such a low-calorie diet, vampire bats can&#8217;t go long without a meal. In a pinch, well-fed ones will regurgitate their food to share with a starving neighbor. They seem to keep track of who has helped them in the past, said Hiller, noting that vampire bats have complex <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> relationships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a kin thing,&#8221; said Tulane&#8217;s Frank. &#8220;They just notice and remember: You&#8217;re a good sharer, I will reward you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Evidence of convergence toward a social gut microbiome among vampire bats\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Moritz Blumer et al, Gene losses in the common vampire bat illuminate molecular adaptations to blood feeding, <i>Science Advances<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.abm6494\">DOI: 10.1126\/sciadv.abm6494<\/a><br \/>\n M. Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza et al, Hologenomic adaptations underlying the evolution of sanguivory in the common vampire bat, <i>Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution<\/i> (2018).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41559-018-0476-8\">DOI: 10.1038\/s41559-018-0476-8<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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