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Vampire bat pairs bond when forced to live together for just one week, sustaining their friendly relationships for more than two months after.

www.youtube.com Health Editor’s Note: For a group of mammals that often get bad press, these guys and girls behave like good/caring humans would.  Or maybe it is the other way around and good/caring humans have the traits of bats…..Carol By Elisabeth King/Smithsonianmag.com During a study with captive vampire bats at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, a young vampire bat pup was adopted by an unrelated female after its mother died. Although this observation was not the first report of adoption in vampire bats, it is uniquely contextualized by more than 100 da...

Vampires aren’t usually associated with acts of kindness, but when it comes to vampire bats, these bloodsuckers are actually quite caring. A new paper in the journal Royal Society Open Science tells the heartwarming tale of a baby bat who was adopted by its mother’s pal after she passed away suddenly. While this isn’t the first time such behavior has been reported in bats, it is the most well-documented, as the animals in question are part of a captive group at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. As a result, there is over 100 days’ worth of surveillance foot...