Scrapie, also called rida or tremblante du mouton, fatal neurodegenerative disease of sheep and goats. Scrapie has been endemic in British sheep, particularly the Suffolk breed, since the early 18th century. Since that time the disease has been detected in countries worldwide, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand, as well as in other breeds of sheep.
The vampire bats are the only mammals in the world that live on blood alone, and the unique challenges of that diet make them some of the most specialized, fascinating and downright weird animals that nature has to offer.1.he vampire bats are the only mammals in the world that live on blood alone, and the unique challenges of that diet make them some of the most specialized, fascinating and downright weird animals that nature has to offer.
Researchers discovered last year in the mountain cloud forests of Ecuador a rare bat, the tube-lipped nectar bat (Anoura fistulata) which despite its mouse size, its tongue 8.5 cm long is 1.5 times longer than its body and more than double the tongue-length of similar nectar bats. The bat is related to the infamous vampire bat.