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According to a recent study on vampire bats, connectedness between chosen random college roommates is not only a human phenomenon

Vampire bats do it and so should we: socially distance when ill, that is. That's what a new study found.

A team of researchers studying vampire bats says that there's evidence the social blood-sucking mammals like to snack with their friends.

New research on vampire bats demonstrates their social bonds extend beyond the roost to include social foraging.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When one thinks of vampire bats, friendship and cooperation may not be among the qualities that come to mind for...

Bats: 4 good reasons to save them While some bats indeed suck blood and others carry viruses like COVID-19, we couldnt live without them. Pollinating hundreds of plant species and dispersing their seeds, bats are central cogs in diverse ecosystems. Bats often have a bad reputation — but we need them to survive Bats have been mythologized for millennia as mystical, elusive and sometimes satanic creatures of the night. Indeed, the cave-dwelling superhero Batman is said to have been inspired by...

Dulog Bio-Tracker, Powered by Silicon Labs EFR32 SoCs, Proves Bats Can Socially Distance When Sick Proven in the field, and with a commercial implementation coming soon, the dulog bio-logger proves how smart bats can be. 2 2 Silicon Labs has highlighted a somewhat unusually-deployed wireless network, built using EFR32 "Wireless Gecko" systems-on-chips (SoCs) — attached to the backs of bats, as part of a study to see whether the flying mammals practice social distancing. "I’ve been inv...

Animals practice social distancing too Biologist Simon Ripperger and his team of researchers made an interesting discovery: some animals also practice social distancing. Vampire bats withdraw from groupmates when they get sick, which helps them slow the spread of disease. Watch video 03:53