It’s not just a Halloween story. Vampire bats do kill! 38 Warao Indians died recently in Venezuela from rabies spread by vampire bats. An estimated 55,000 people die annually in the world from rabies (most from dog bites). The highest number of reported rabies deaths are in Thailand, with 346 deaths per the World Health Organization (WHO) between 1994 to 2002 (most dog related). But in South America, news stories abound about breathing sound-tracking, blood sucking, death causing, vampire bats, with the highest number of rabies deaths being reported to the WHO from Brazil (119 deaths from 1996 through 2004).
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs099/en/
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868420-1,00.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-vampire-bats.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/08/world/main4334964.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4334964
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