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Legend of keepers vampire skin9/2/2023 ![]() The grass snake often plays dead when threatened by going limp, sticking out their tongue and omitting a foul smell, they will seemingly ‘rise from the dead’ again when the predator has moved on. The adder is the only venomous snake and because of this, it gets a bad rep but they’re actually very shy and timid animals. There are 3 species of snake in the UK: grass snake, adder, and smooth snake. Or are these ‘nope-ropes’ just misunderstood reptiles? Slimy, speedy, tongue flicking, man killing, giant worms. Its saliva prevents the blood from clotting. ![]() After putting the bite on an animal, the vampire bat laps up the flowing blood with its tongue. Each bat has a heat sensor on its nose that points it toward a spot where warm blood is flowing just beneath its victim’s skin. The bats have few teeth because of their liquid diet, but those they do have are razor sharp. However, their bites can lead to nasty infections. The Common Vampire Bat will roost upside down in caves in groups of up to 1000 strong, they will sleep all day and spend the night mostly feasting on the blood of sleeping cows and horses! They spend 30 minutes drinking their victim’s blood but will not take enough to cause any harm to the animal. All of these UK species feed on insects, moths, midges etc however if we jump across the pond to South America we find a species of bat that feeds solely on blood. You may have heard of or even seen a few species of bats around at dusk in your garden or near rivers there’s actually 18 different species of bats in the UK ranging from the tiny common pipistrelle bat to the chunky noctule bat. A blood sucking beast with bat-like wings and sleeps in a coffin for hundreds of years but where has this creature evolved from? One of the most well-known costumes for Halloween is that of the vampire. I’m going to attempt to debunk some common Halloween myths in this blog, mainly to make myself feel better about things that ‘supposedly’ go bump in the night…. Not that that means I won’t be looking over my shoulder the whole time for ghouls, murderers, or giant spiders- I find Halloween terrifying! Being as we actually only have one neighbour, I’ll accommodate. This year however, my 3-year-old is adamant he wants to dress up as a “pumpkin ghost” and terrorise the neighbours for sweets. Happy Halloween everyone, the time of year when I would normally buy a big bag of chocolates, turn the lights off, hide and hope no one knocked on the door so I could eat the chocolates myself!
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