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Putting vampire bats on treadmills reveals an unusual metabolism

Putting vampire bats on treadmills reveals an unusual metabolism

A substantial portion of the carbon dioxide the bats exhaled during a workout (up to 60 percent) came from metabolizing fuel other than the carbs or fats that typically power a running mammal, the team reports November 6 in Biology Letters.