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Outbreaks of attacks upon human beings by vampire bats seems to be a common phenomenon in several regions of Latin America, but the occurrence of rabies infection among humans bled by vampires, is relatively low.
Marcio A.S. Gonçalves +2 more
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Cooperation: How Vampire Bats Build Reciprocal Relationships [PDF]
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) In theory, reciprocal relationships should develop gradually, to reduce the risk of helpers being exploited. In a classic case of reciprocity, vampire bats share blood with starving roost-mates. Now it transpires they share food only after first having established grooming relationships.
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This case report demonstrates the successful diagnosis of a challenging paralytic rabies case using metagenomic next‐generation sequencing (mNGS). mNGS provided a rapid and precise pathogen identification directly from cerebrospinal fluid where traditional methods failed.
Lianghai Cao +6 more
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Audition in vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus [PDF]
1. Within the tonotopic organization of the inferior colliculus two frequency ranges are well represented: a frequency range within that of the echolocation signals from 50 to 100 kHz, and a frequency band below that of the echolocation sounds, from 10 to 35 kHz.
Schmidt, U. +3 more
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A Van Der Waals Broadband Infrared Optical Synapse Enabling Orientation Detection
An infrared optoelectronic synapse based on a graphene/CrOCl/graphene van der Waals heterostructure is reported to possess a broadband synaptic response range from the visible to the infrared (520–2000 nm), which can be used to achieve orientation and motion detections of a target mimicing the pit organ of a pit vapor.
Dan Guo +10 more
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Haematology of New Zealand’s two extant endemic bat species
ABSTRACT This study investigated haematological values for New Zealand’s two extant endemic bats, the long‐tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) and the lesser short‐tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata), to determine whether differences in locomotion and ecology between these species might be reflected in the species’ haematology.
Nicholas Ling +2 more
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Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala
To better understand the role of bats as reservoirs of Bartonella spp., we estimated Bartonella spp. prevalence and genetic diversity in bats in Guatemala during 2009.
Ying Bai +10 more
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ABSTRACT Tim Burton's Christmas trilogy, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands are all characterized by his trademark features. These include characters with ambiguous identities, apparently “normal” worlds adjacent to spaces associated with difference and exclusion, and the inevitable intrusion of the latter into the ...
Fran Pheasant‐Kelly
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ABSTRACT The pre‐locomotor version of the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab‐TAB) provides one of the most widely used observational measures of fear based on the infant's reactivity to a series of four novel masks. Resulting indicators of facial and bodily fear intensity, as well as latency to exhibit a fearful response, have been ...
Joshua J. Underwood +4 more
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The chiropterans constitute 25% of the world's mammal fauna. Due to the destruction of their natural ecosystem, the vampire bats have moved from nature to artificial roosts closer to man and domestic animals.
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