Vampire Life is Hard

2022-06-29

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Blood-suckers may seem like they have it easy, but feeding on blood comes with a lot of challenges.

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- Hematophagy: the practice by some species of feeding on the blood of other animals.

- Hemoglobin: a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.

- Free radicals: unstable atoms that can damage cells.

- Anticoagulant: a substance that inhibits the coagulation of the blood.

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Gillespie RD, Mbow ML, Titus RG (2000) The immunomodulatory factors of bloodfeeding arthropod saliva. Parasite immunology 22: 319–331. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00309.x

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