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Classification of human breathing sounds by the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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There are three species of vampire bat: Desmodus rotundus, Diphylla ecaudata, and Diaemus youngi.
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Humans aren't the only creatures with an interest in keeping blood liquid; they share it with the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus.
THE WAR ON STROKES 2008
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Ref: Classification of human breathing sounds by the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus.
Vampire Bats Recognize Prey’s Breathing Staq Mavlen 2006
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Ref: Classification of human breathing sounds by the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus.
Archive 2006-06-01 Staq Mavlen 2006
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As he drank the cup of tea with which his servant supplied him while he was yet in bed, he could not say of himself, teres atque rotundus, as he was wont to do when things were well with him.
The Way We Live Now 2004
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And when things have gone well, how the waker comforts himself among the bedclothes as he claims for himself to be whole all over, teres atque rotundus, — so to have managed his little affairs that he has to fear no harm, and to blush inwardly at no error!
The Way We Live Now 2004
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There was not a sore spot about him, and probably his first thoughts on waking every morning told him that he, at least, was totus teres atque rotundus.
Phineas Finn 2004
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He had not the air of a man who could say of himself that he was “totus teres atque rotundus.”
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Or maybe it was Desmodus rotundus, the infamous vampire bat, on vacation from South America.
Sweetblood Pete Hautman 2003
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