Peru battles rabid vampire bats after 500 people bitten

[bloomington-lib]

Source: bbc

Four children in the Awajun indigenous tribe died after being bitten by the bloodsucking mammals.

Health workers have given rabies vaccine to more than 500 people who have also been attacked.

Some experts have linked mass vampire bat attacks on people in the Amazon to deforestation.

Vampire bats usually feed on wildlife or livestock, but are sometimes known to turn to humans for food, particularly in areas where their rainforest habitat has been destroyed.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10960389

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. I can expect to see this on SciFi next week cuz after all, I

imagine greater.

[izquierdista]

2. Can they be moved to Wall Street?

Or the offices of Goldman Sachs? :shrug:

[Moosepoop]

3. Wall Street & Goldman Sachs are already full of bloodsucking vampires.

So, what's a few more? ;-)

[primavera]

7. I was going to say...

... they probably don't feed upon their own kind.

[RedCloud]

4. A sign of the Apocalpyse?

[drgonzosghost]

5. Am I the only one here who thinks this is...well....KINDA awesome?

[foxfeet]

6. Edward, is that you?

XXOO
Bella