Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Does Rabies hibernate?

In Tia Ghose article published via scientist.com showed that rabies of Eptesicus fuscus (a big brown bat species) hibernate together with its host. 

To read more of this very interesting and informative article just click the link below

http://the-scientist.com/2011/06/06/as-bats-hibernate-so-does-rabies/trackback/

Vampire bats infrared sensing skills

In the article written by Jessica P. Johnson dated   August 4, 2011 in scientist.com showed how the vampire bats find the vein of its prey. This was possible due to an infrared-sensing protein channel in bats particular the vampire species to identify the hottest part of the warm blooded animals (mammals).

To read this very interesting and informative article just click the link below

http://the-scientist.com/2011/08/04/how-vampire-bats-find-veins/trackback/