I just noticed something about spiders and ticks. Both suck blood (one sucks the blood from a fly or some sort of bug, and a tick sucks out the blood from humans or animals). Now, I realize that there's no such thing as vampires and the only types of real vampires we have out there are vampire bats--but they only suck the blood of animals, not humans. Do spiders and ticks have some sort of link to vampire bats even if both aren't mammals?
2006-08-07 13:13:00 · 5 answers · asked by killerwhalesrule19 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Spiders and ticks aren't the only creatures that suck the juices out of their prey. Lot's of creatures likes leeches, wood ticks, deer ticks, horse flies, deer flies, mosquitoes, and bats drink not necessarily the blood, but definitely the dissolved insides of their prey. It isn't a vampire thing, really. It's more of a milkshake thing, or a juice packet thing.
As far as I know, lice (louse), fleas, mosquitoes, leeches, horse flies, deer flies, and bats are the only creatures that actually end up sucking blood to survive.
Mosquitoes have been around for millions of years. If you're looking for the beginning of the chain for vampirism, I'd start there.
2006-08-09 04:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by Jonathan H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good vampire analogy. However, vampire bats will drink blood from any source, including humans. Seen it first hand. Secondly, Spiders don't suck out the blood. They use their venom to liquefy the internal organs, then drink everything. This is basically the same internal process as flies do externally.
Now, if you're looking for someone to share their role with ticks and vampire bats, might I recommend the mosquito. There's a real killer. Because of the number of diseases mosquitoes carry, they actually kill more people each year than any other animal on Earth. How's 400,000 deaths each year strike you?!
2006-08-08 01:07:07 · answer #2 · answered by pagan_priests 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiders do a service to all animals. They get a bad rap, because some of them are poisonious. They eat mosquitoes, ticks and other insects that are a problem to us.
2006-08-13 02:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by Leroy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thets like saying they have a link 2 humans who eat black pudding
2006-08-12 12:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by doppydork 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they would be categorized as "parasites".
2006-08-07 20:18:40 · answer #5 · answered by fesspoint 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋