Green Options » vampire bats http://greenoptions.com/tag/vampire-bats Posts tagged 'vampire bats' Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:21:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Vampire Bats Biting More People Due to Amazon Development http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/20/vampire-bats-biting-more-people-due-to-amazon-development/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/20/vampire-bats-biting-more-people-due-to-amazon-development/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:21:17 +0000 Bryan Nelson http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/20/vampire-bats-biting-more-people-due-to-amazon-development/ Vampire Bats

The decimation of the Amazon due to increased logging, mining and road construction is causing vampire bats in Peru to feast more regularly on the blood of humans.

National Geographic has reported that as human population grows and local wildlife numbers decrease because of development throughout the region, vampire bats have no where else to turn but human blood. As a result, outbreaks of rabies are increasing, and it’s killing people in places where its occurrence has previously been rare.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/20/vampire-bats-biting-more-people-due-to-amazon-development/feed/ 6 Intriguing South American Eco-Stories from August http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/02/6-intriguing-south-american-eco-stories-from-august/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/02/6-intriguing-south-american-eco-stories-from-august/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:53:58 +0000 Levi Novey http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/02/6-intriguing-south-american-eco-stories-from-august/ Artwork depicting PeruBelow you will find summaries and links to several of the more interesting ecologically-related stories to come out of South American countries in the past month. The list is not meant to be comprehensive or definitive, but hopefully you will find something that teases your interest. Enjoy.

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