These vampiric bugs use needle-like mouthpieces to locate a capillary and inject saliva containing anesthetics and anticoagulants into its host allowing blood to flow freely into their stomachs for several minutes.
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Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 2025
When their stomachs were full, the bears would plod into the woods, sometimes walking past less than 10 yards away from our group.
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