Friends help female vampire bats cope with loss

Friends help female vampire bats cope with loss 05/31/2017 02:32 PM EDT When a female vampire bat loses a close relative, she may starve, because she depends on her mother and daughters to share blood by regurgitation. Vampires who have more non-kin social bonds (friends), do better when this happens. Full story at http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/friends-help-female-vampire-bats-cope-loss Source Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111