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The vampire bat, or Desmodus rotundus, feeds exclusively on mammalian blood. Their primary source is sleeping livestock. They will typically bite an incision and lap up the flowing blood. Their sharp teeth and their light frame allow them to feed for up to a half an hour while perched on their victim without waking it. They need to feed every two days to survive, but bats will regularly regurgitate blood to feed fellow colony members.
To hear audio of a vampire bat feeding: click here. (choose the “audio” button, sure to send a shiver up your spine!)
So much more Batty Halloween Fun after the Jump!

Bush to nominate Samuel Alito for Supreme Court position.

(Hey George...Third time's a charm)

Happy Spooky Monday...

- Video iPods came out almost two weeks ago, so what took the screensavers so long? Via BookofJoe.
- First shots of Nicolas Cage as a Port Authority cop for Oliver Stone's new 9/11 flick. Via JustJared.
- Really entertaining Lost animation set to Behemian Rhapsody.
- The Village Voice is celebrating 50 years of reviewing bars and bashing Republicans.
- This is random...a blog dedicated to poker chip tricks.
- And for Halloween, magnificent museum masterpieces meet morbid movie monsters in mash-up. Via BoingBoing.