Friday, October 31st, 2008

Vampire Bats and Other Blood-Suckers

What has fangs, drinks blood and comes out only at night? No, not Dracula... vampire bats. In this Halloween edition of Science Friday, we'll talk with Bill Schutt, the author of a new book called "Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures." From vampire bats to bedbugs -- we'll get a bite of bloodthirsty science.

Guests

Bill Schutt
Author, "Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures"
Associate Professor of Biology
C.W. Post College of Long Island University
Research Associate in Mammalogy
American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York

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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

Image: Dorsal view of a female "lone star tick", Amblyomma americanum.
CDC/ Dr. Amanda Loftis, Dr. William Nicholson, Dr. Will Reeves, Dr. Chris P

Image: An adult bed bug, Cimex lectularius, as it was in the process of ingesting a blood meal.
CDC/ Harvard University, Dr. Gary Alpert; Dr. Harold Harlan; Richard Pollac