Hematophagy

practice by certain animals of feeding on blood

Hematophagy is the habit of certain animals to feed on blood. Blood is rich in proteins. Examples of animals that feed on blood are mosquitoes, vampire bats and leeches.

A mosquito drawing a blood meal from a human host. A droplet of blood is expelled from the abdomen after feeding. This mosquito is also known because it can spread Malaria

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