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20 attacked by vampire bats

AT least 20 people were attacked and bitten by vampire bats as they returned home from work in the jungle community of Mansiche, Peru, a top official at the Ministry of Health said.

Vampire bats are not the evil creatures their name conjures up in your mind. They creep up to sleeping animals, make a small cut with their teeth and lap up the blood as it drips out. There have been cases of a vampire bat feeding from the leg or foot of a sleeping human but it is nothing more than a small cut. The body of the bat is about the size of your thumb, that's smaller than a mouse. There is more to the story they are not telling you.