The ancestors of vampire squid started trawling deep, oxygen-poor waters around 30 million years ago, a long-lost fossil rediscovery reveals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/vampire-squid-lost-fossil.html
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Vampire bat adopts orphan baby bat after untimely death of its mother
A female vampire bat has adopted an orphaned baby bat and begun nursing it after creating a close social bond with the baby’s mother before she died Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267108-vampire-bat-adopts-orphan-baby-bat-after-untimely-death-of-its-mother/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Fantasy and Sci-Fi Author Debra Doyle, 1952-2020
Long-time Slashdot reader serviscope_minor wanted to remind us that 2020 also saw the death of science fiction/fantasy author Debra Doyle at the age of 67 from a sudden cardiac event. “Her works were co-written with her husband, James D. Macdonald,” notes her entry on Wikipedia: Her first work written with Macdonald was “Bad Blood” in 1988. Their novel Knight’s Wyrd was…
Meet the ‘vampire’ parasite that masquerades as a living tongue
Digital models of a fish skull revealed a parasitic stowaway inside its mouth: a “tongue biter” isopod that consumed and then replaced the fish’s tongue. Source: https://www.livescience.com/image-fish-tongue-parasite.html
Antique vampire-slaying kit up for auction. Bible, crucifix and pistol included.
An antique wooden box trimmed with brass holds all the tools that you might require in order to slay a vampire. Source: https://www.livescience.com/vampire-slaying-kit-auction.html
‘Vampire-slaying kit’ goes up for auction
A Gothic-looking box full of vampire-slaying paraphernalia is expected to fetch a hefty sum at auction. The fascinating kit, which is housed within an… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/338084/vampire-slaying-kit-goes-up-for-auction…
Ancient ‘shapeshifting vampire demon’ anchovy had saber tooth and fangs
An anchovy cousin had fang-like teeth on the bottom jaw and one giant saber tooth on the top. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-anchovy-fangs-saber-tooth.html
Vampire bats practice social distancing when they feel ill
Vampire bats are social creatures that build relationships through grooming and food sharing, but when they feel ill they self-isolate and call out for contact far less Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242385-vampire-bats-practice-social-distancing-when-they-feel-ill/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘Vampire’ star sparks brilliant ‘super-outburst’ while gorging on its neighbor
This rare finding was made by “accident,” according to the research team that found the super-outburst. Source: https://www.livescience.com/vampire-star-gorges-on-neighbor.html
NASA’s Kepler witnesses vampire star system undergoing super-outburst
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was designed to find exoplanets by looking for stars that dim as a planet crosses the star’s face. Fortuitously, the same design makes it ideal for spotting other astronomical transients—objects that brighten or dim over time. A new search of Kepler archival data has uncovered an unusual super-outburst from a previously unknown dwarf nova. The system brightened by…