Monster Month turns up the spooky sex appeal as we talk about the hunkiest monster in Monster Town: vampires!
What monster do you think is the hunkiest? Or how about least-hunkiest (sort of tricky! They can all be hunks in their own way)? Send us a tweet and let us know!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Wireworms
https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/fieldcropsipm/insects/corn-wireworms.php
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1119566-overview
Vampire Ground Finch
http://blog.discoveringgalapagos.org.uk/vampire-finch/
Japanese Wild Boars
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2136652/wild-boars-are-taking-over-japans-small-towns-and-residents-are
[Fact Off]
Blood battery
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160429095849.htm
https://futurism.com/blood-is-helping-us-make-the-next-generation-of-batteries
Tick traumatic insemination
https://www.pnas.org/content/116/29/14682
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/08/immune-system-protects-female-bedbugs-traumatic-sex
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-female-bed-bugs-immune-stis.html
[Ask the Science Couch]
Teeth/beak/etc puncture
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/c/common-vampire-bat/
https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7242.html
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/11/2/154/204658
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00583.x
Specialized mouthpiece straw
[Butt One More Thing]
Vampire bat poop
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/science/vampire-bats-blood.html