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- From: covin@tartarus.uchicago.edu (David Covin)
- Subject: Re: A Vampire's teeth
- In-Reply-To: Andrew S Boggs's message of Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:49:19 GMT
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:24:20 GMT
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- In article <9211172349.AA00247@magnusug.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Andrew S Boggs <aboggs@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
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- [ How do vampires' fangs work? ]
-
- Well, vampire *bats* make a small incision with their teeth, then lap
- the blood up with their tongue. I seem to recall that their saliva
- is a mild anasthetic; also, they tend to prey on creatures too stupid
- to notice. (I have read a description of someone's footage of a
- vampire bat following a rooster around, lapping up blood from the cut
- in the bird's foot. The bird appeared not to realize the bat was
- there, or at least that it was doing something harmful.)
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- David Covin covin@despair.uchicago.edu
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