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Bats exchange blood meals with roost partners who failed to feed. The figure is taken from San Diego Zoo, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Vampire bats share regurgitated blood with starving roost mates

Bats exchange blood meals with roost partners who failed to feed.

Vampire bats will starve to death if they fail to find blood meals three nights in a row. To prevent roost mates from dying, successful bats regurgitate stored blood to feed hungry companions, establishing social bonds based on mutual grooming and food sharing.

Regurgitated food sharing in common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus — Gerry Carter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · licence · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Bats exchange blood meals with roost partners who failed to feed. The figure is taken from San Diego Zoo, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.