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Vampire bats can fly, drink blood — and run
Creatures can sprint on a treadmill, study finds
Updated: 5:40 p.m. ET March 16, 2005
As if nature really needed to endow vampire bats with anything more unusual than the ability to fly and a propensity to drink blood, the creatures have been found to sprint along the ground, too.
All the better to sneak up on a victim, scientists say.
A new study found fleet-footed vampire bats can break into a loping run on all fours, at least when coaxed on a treadmill.
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