The vampires around: what animals feed on blood MOSCOW, 1 Jul — RIA Novosti, Alfia Enikeeva. In nature many animals, sucking the blood attach themselves to mammals mosquitoes and butterflies, some species of fish and birds prefer their own kind. Among warm-blooded vampirism seen only in bats. RIA Novosti talks about these blood-drinkers and understands whether there are such among the people. All for the sake of posterity For female mosquitoes (Culicidae) human blood is a favorite delicacy and source of protein necessary for maturation of oocytes. The more blood you drink the female, the more numerous and healthier her offspring. The female lays every two to three days three hundred eggs. “Construction material” should be a lot, so komariha constantly looking for prey. She can smell it for a few miles — the smell of lactic acid contained in sweat, exhaled carbon dioxide and thermal radiation of the body.
