Vampire Bats Bring Nightmare (And Blockbuster) To Life In Peru
"The rise in vampire attacks has baffled the people of the region, but some experts have linked mass vampire bat attacks to deforestation in the Amazon. Vampire bats normally feed on wildlife or livestock, drinking their blood while they sleep. But they turn to humans for food when their natural food chain is jeopardized, particularly in areas where rainforest habitat has been destroyed. Some locals have also suggested that this latest outbreak may be linked to the unusually low temperatures the Peru this year."
-In what must be a very truly terrifying episode for the Awajun Indians, vampire bats have recently attacked more than 500 people in the Urakusa region of northwestern Peru. But, come on, like authorities really don't know what's going on.
Really, is it even an issue if their Abercrombie hasn't been closed for a vampire bat infestation?
We should send an emergency shipment of Twihards to provide the bats an alternate food source.
Anyone who's read The Passage probably got a little nervous reading this.
Hands up if you think the bats are being paid by Big Pharma to scare the indigenous people away. Like Scooby Doo, but with rabies.
"I'd have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids and your locally sourced sustainable agriculture initiatives."
A new thing for South American Indians is to keep cats around. There's probably an unmarried Indian girl right now living with 20 cats.
I have a friend with a surf lodge in Costa Rica. She has no screens on the windows because – despite the fact that the inn sits in coastal rain forest – there are no mosquitoes. However, she's admitted to waking up with scabs on her toes from vampire bats. I'm not going back until she gets screens.
Just her toes?
@hman: Sustainable bloodletting.
Hah. 'Aspirational' bloodletting was my first thought.