Check Out the First Footage of the Probably Non-Vampiric Vampire Squirrel

Rheithrosciurus macrotis has multiple name . One name is the tufted ground squirrel and the other is the “ vampire squirrel . ” You ca n’t really blame mass for like the second name better . Take a flavor at the first video ever to capture the squirrel in the wild .

This precious minuscule guy swan the forests of Indonesia . Its primary occupation , harmonise to local legend , is sting cervid and drinking their ancestry . Its primary occupation , according to life scientist , is not being seen by biologist . To amend this , an international group of researcher countersink up 35 TV cameras in Gunung Palung National Park .

Disappointingly , this video footage shows the squirrel rooting through leaves instead of chasing down a deer . That ’s probably because , whether the squirrel bites deer or not , its major nutrient root is exceptionally tough - shelled nuts . This might be where the hearsay of vampirism originated . If a squirrel has the tooth to get through a nut , it should n’t have a problem with cervid .