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Published: 2020-08-03 09:15:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 2809; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 4
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This was another mummy cleaning project to make a little skeleton from another awesome species: the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). As their name indicate, their food source is blood.A vampire bat has front teeth that are specialized for cutting skin and the back teeth are much smaller than in other bats. Their hearing is well adapted to detecting the regular breathing sounds of sleeping animals that serve as its main food source. Oh and did you know they can even run, using their forelimbs (wings)? Check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOUZA…
Sleep well!
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Guess the insult 'egghead' applies to this bat haha!
And yeah, mummies are quite different in my opinion. The cartilage of the ribcase is often broken, so I need to repair that. The flesh is gone and dried skin is left instead. Beetles don't like that and I understand that has almost no nutriental value and is just too dry. I often try to moist it and get them to eat, but I still have to remove left overs with the scalpel myself. Also, sometimes the dried skin/flesh can leave stains on the bones. Mummies are no fun to clean, but very satisfying when it works out.
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