Vampiro: The Vampire Bat in Fact and Fantasy

by David E. Brown

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"No bat so fires our imagination or is more renowned than the common vampire bat of tropical America. Its singular diet of warm blood, its stealthy nighttime attacks, and its capability of transmitting deadly diseases all create an aura of fear and fascination."--BOOK JACKET. "To present a picture of these parasitic mammals in true-life form, zoologist David Brown has gathered and distilled an enormous amount of factual information, while sifting through the mythology of the "vampyre" in both the Old and New Worlds."--Jacket.… (more)

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"No bat so fires our imagination or is more renowned than the common vampire bat of tropical America. Its singular diet of warm blood, its stealthy nighttime attacks, and its capability of transmitting deadly diseases all create an aura of fear and fascination."--BOOK JACKET. "To present a picture of these parasitic mammals in true-life form, zoologist David Brown has gathered and distilled an enormous amount of factual information, while sifting through the mythology of the "vampyre" in both the Old and New Worlds."--Jacket.

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A synthesis and summary, for the non-biologist, of the published work on vampire bats. The author explores their biology, bat-borne diseases, economic effects of vampire parasitism, methods used to control them, and legends regarding vampyres (the spelling is used to distinguish human superstitions from real bats). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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