Vampire bats are excellent runners and researchers have shown how their metabolism has adapted to work in a different way to ...

Scientists analyzed the carbon dioxide they exhaled on the treadmill. The ratio of CO2 to oxygen (respiratory exchange rate) ...

Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to understand how they get the energy to chase down their next meal.

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Vampire bats rely on blood-derived amino acids to fuel their activity, scientists have discovered after making the animals work out on tiny treadmills. Most mammals, including humans, rely on ...

Unlike most bats, which largely avoid the ground, vampire bats are capable runners, using their folded wings to propel them forward. This helps them stealthily stalk livestock — and occasionally ...

Blood is not very nutritious, and vampire bats that fail to feed will starve relatively quickly. If a bat returns to the roost hungry, others may regurgitate a blood meal to get them through the ...

Credit: Price Sewell Vampire bats rely on blood-derived amino acids to fuel their activity, scientists have discovered after making the animals work out on tiny treadmills. Most mammals ...

For vampire bats, however, it turns out a heaping bowl of amino acid-rich blood will suffice. Researchers from the University of Toronto captured several vampire bats and taught them to run on a ...