Why It Might Not Be A Good Idea To Wipe Out Vampire Bats

Why It Might Not Be A Good Idea To Wipe Out Vampire Bats NPR's Skunk Bear YouTube The overwhelming majority of bats are friends of humanity. But as agriculture overtakes rain forests and jungles, humans have come into conflict with one bat species: the common vampire bat. In Latin America, vampire bats drink the blood of livestock. In a winding limestone cavern, we encountered wild vampire bats.