Thursday, May 16, 2013

Vampire bat drinking blood. Even though living off of blood is a challenge, it is the metier of many species of animals from different evolutionary backgrounds. In many ways blood is an ideal food. Blood consists of water-like plasma, chemicals, red blood cells and white blood cells. It is a renewable resource and a complete food. Each vampire bat, whatever the species, needs about two tablespoonful of blood every day. This represents about 60% of the bat’s body weight, or 20 g of blood.
Photo by xXburymeXmarrymeXx on Deviantart

Vampire bat drinking blood. Even though living off of blood is a challenge, it is the metier of many species of animals from different evolutionary backgrounds. In many ways blood is an ideal food. Blood consists of water-like plasma, chemicals, red blood cells and white blood cells. It is a renewable resource and a complete food. Each vampire bat, whatever the species, needs about two tablespoonful of blood every day. This represents about 60% of the bat’s body weight, or 20 g of blood.
Photo by xXburymeXmarrymeXx on Deviantart

No comments:

Post a Comment

 
Site Meter