Was the vampire bat named after the vampire or was the vampire named after the vampire bat? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2007-11-06 12:39:11 · 10 answers · asked by Trikip 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
During the 16th century the Spanish conquistadors first came into contact with vampire bats and recognized the similarity between the feeding habits of the bats and those of their legendary vampires. The bats were named after the folkloric vampire rather than vice versa; the Oxford English Dictionary records the folkloric use in English from 1734 and the zoological not until 1774.
2007-11-06 18:43:22 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the vampire was named after the bat
2007-11-07 07:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A vampire was named after the vampire bat. I think because in all those old movies when the bat would fly through the old castle window and turn in to a man in a cape and suck the chicks blood. yeah...
2007-11-06 20:51:00 · answer #3 · answered by SoAmazingAlixx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the vampire is named after the bat.
2007-11-06 20:41:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anson W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vampire in English comes by devious routes from Serbo-Croatian as a word for a blood-sucking ghost, centuries before the discovery in South America of a blood-drinking bat.
2007-11-06 20:58:17 · answer #5 · answered by Howard H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bat is named after us.
2007-11-07 16:36:20 · answer #6 · answered by King of the blind 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the vampire bat was named after the vampire it bites u at night an sucks ur blood but doesnt turn into a creature of hell
2007-11-06 20:42:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the vampire was named after the bat.
Vamp. Bats suck blood of cows and horses, pigs, and sometimes dogs.
2007-11-06 20:41:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was named a vampire bat because it sucks blood from larger animals
2007-11-06 20:47:26 · answer #9 · answered by mastermario6 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the bat was named after the legend. And the bats do not suck blood, they lap it. Their saliva keeps the blood from coagulating.
2007-11-07 11:01:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋