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Bat Conservation Int'l via AFP - Getty

Vampire bats are the stars of Bill Schutt's "Dark Banquet."


Between the "Twilight" movie and book series and HBO's "True Blood" TV series, vampires are getting a lot of exposure these days. But</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>The science of bloodsuckers</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/31/1622447.aspx#1623603</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:19:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1623603</guid><dc:creator>Bill Schutt</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;That spooky ice house mentioned in the MSNBC article was actually in Trinidad, not Jamaica (where there are no vampire bats). &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;[ALAN ADDS: EEEK! Corrected by the author himself! Now that's scary ... The fix has been made, thanks and apologies to Bill!]&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>The science of bloodsuckers</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/31/1622447.aspx#1623917</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:27:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1623917</guid><dc:creator>Alan Boyle</dc:creator><description>By the way, Bill was on NPR today talking about the book. Give a listen:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96392656"&gt;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96392656&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>The science of bloodsuckers</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/31/1622447.aspx#1630366</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:29:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1630366</guid><dc:creator>Neil Beaverson</dc:creator><description>Blood does contain fat, and after eating a high fat meal there may be as much as 3-4 gm per liter.</description></item><item><title>The science of bloodsuckers</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/31/1622447.aspx#1630375</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:30:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1630375</guid><dc:creator>S.B. Stein E.B. NJ</dc:creator><description>How often and in what kind of urban areas are the bed bugs found? &amp;nbsp;Is there something that attracts them to specific areas? &amp;nbsp;Does that also go for the suburbs as well? &amp;nbsp;I hope not since that is where I live (the suburbs). &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>The science of bloodsuckers</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/31/1622447.aspx#1922491</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 02:15:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1922491</guid><dc:creator>or,tel aviv</dc:creator><description>what about mosquitoes?...</description></item></channel></rss>