Vampire bats' metabolism mirrors that of bloodsucking insects, biologists find

Nov 06, 2024

A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source similarly to blood-sucking insects. In their study published in the journal Biology Letters, Giulia Rossi and Kenneth Welch coaxed vampire bats in their lab to run on a treadmill as a way to measure their metabolism.