Vampire bats are the only mammals that feed exclusively on blood.

TS Yes, they're servos with cams that pinch these rubber tubes.

Vampire bat colony numbers can range in the thousands in roosting sites.

The highest occurrence of rabies in vampire bats occurs in the large populations found in South America.

John J. Armstrong, now the assistant director of operations for US prisons in Iraq, resigned from his previous post when he was named in two wrongful death lawsuits at one of those prisons.

The three species of microbats that feed on the blood of large mammals or birds (vampire bats) exist in the Americas south of the United States.

An advantage of rubber bulb devices is that they provide visual feedback (via a gauge) of how much pressure is being applied.

Vampire bats are believed to be the only species of bats in the world to adopt another young bat if something happens to the bat's mother.

Women who were about to give birth would gaze at their simple rubber shoes, which were kept by the back door.

A thousand riot police used rubber bullets and tear gas on the workers, and hundreds were injured, but they did not back down.

Vampire bats also share a strong family bond with members of the colony, which is believed to be why they are the only bats to take up this adoption characteristic.

In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond.

PRCS recorded a total of 3,663 deaths since the second intifada and 7,757 and 6,482 Palestinians injured by live ammunition and rubber or plastic bullets, respectively.

I rode horses with other kids, I made model rockets with other kids, did electronics lab with other kids, and in the '60s, it was gluing mirrors onto a rubber membrane on a speaker to make a light show.

Perhaps capital expenditures were overly ambitious, but they triggered rapid export growth, and more than 2,000 jobs were created in the small town of Pirot to manufacture boots for European fishermen and New York City firemen, as well as technical rubber products.

One of my childhood memories is asking my mother about a curious custom. Women who were about to give birth would gaze at their simple rubber shoes, which were kept by the back door.