Camazotz
Mexico, Guateala
and Brazil SA/NA
The "snatch bat" or "death bat" of
Mayan legend. It was supposedly a giant bat which attacked human
beings and other large animals, drinking the blood. it was also known
as the "sudden bloodletter". Fossils of Desmodus draculae,
the giant vampire bat, support these legends. there have also been
skeletons of D. draculae found which were sub-fossil, of very recent
age. These suggest that the bat was still common when the Mayans
were around, and may still be today. |
