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8 Animals That Suck (Blood): Media

Stay away from these real-life vampires if you value your bodily fluids.

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Bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
CDC/Harvard University, Dr. Gary Alpert; Dr. Harold Harlan; Richard Pollack; photograph, Piotr Naskrecki
mosquito
Banded house mosquito (Culiseta annulata, also known as Theobaldia annulata).
N.A. Callow—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Photomicrograph of a dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis).
Luis Fernández García (CC-BY-SA-2.5-ES)
bedbug
Bedbug (Cimex lectularius) magnified 5×.
William E. Ferguson
red-billed oxpecker
Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on a Cape buffalo (Syncerus...
© Hemera/Thinkstock
medicinal leech
Medicinal leech (Hirudo verbana).
© D.Copy/Shutterstock.com
lamprey
Lampreys (Petromyzon marinus).
Drow male
common vampire bat
Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus).
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