Giant vampire bat (SciiFii)

The giant vampire bat (Desmodus draculae), also known as the nosferatu and a dracula (named after the fictional character by Bram Stoker), is a species of vampire bat that originally lived in Central and South America during the Pleistocene and possibly the Early Holocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced throughout the Central and South America to help boost biodiversity. When SciiFii announced the recreation of this species, many people were concerned that this species could spread diseases and viruses, including rabies, however, thanks to SciiFii using genetic engineering, the giant vampire bats are completely immune to diseases and viruses, so they do not carry any known disease or viruses, making the giant vampire bats completely harmless unlike their smaller relatives. The giant vampire bat is the largest species of vampire bat, hence its name, growing to be about 30% larger than the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). The giant vampire bat has all of the same adaptations for blood-feeding as its smaller cousins. The nose is rich with thermoreceptors for finding warm-bodied hosts in the dead of night, while the ears are tuned specifically to detect the rhythmic breathing of large sleeping animals. The giant vampire bat is agile and nearly silent on the ground, hopping like demented toads as it approaches their victims. The giant vampire bat's incisors are scalpel-like for neatly slicing open a wound, while the cheek teeth are blade-like for shaving away fur and feathers to expose bare skin. The giant vampire bat's saliva contains both an anticoagulant and a mild numbing agent, keeping the blood flowing while simultaneously leaving the host unaware of the attack. Contrary to popular belief, giant vampire bats are actually quite social animals. They live in colonies within large caves or derelict buildings, forming harems around a few large males who help nurture and feed the offspring. Colonies are extremely close-knit and will work together for a common benefit; along with other vampire bats, giant vampire bats are the only bats known to tend to their sick and injured, and females may even adopt orphaned baby bats. Given their size, the giant vampire bats prefer feeding on large animals like cattle, rhinoceroses, chalicotheres, elephants, hadrosaurs, iguanodonts, sauropods, ceratopsians, ankylosaurids, and among other larger animals. They do occasionally feed upon blood of sleeping humans and, being rather large, sometimes wake them up in the middle of feeding. The conservation status of the giant vampire bat is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the giant vampire bat's wide natural range and its tolerance to most of human activities.
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