Dracula
讀書樂編號：6454
推介人： 程旨綽校友
內 容 簡 介 ： When Jonathan Harker goes on a business trip to Transylvania with documents regarding the purchase of an estate in England, he has little idea what the sinister intentions of his client Count Dracula are... Dracula was a horrible vampire in the story as he drank blood. Have you ever imagined that there exists a real vampire in the world? Topic for Discussion : Real Vampires Does a flapping of wings outside our window mean a vampire is near? Well, in Java there is a bat called the flying fox that has a wingspan (1) of 1.7 metres and a body length of 42 centimetres. During the day it hangs upside-down (2) from tree branches in groups of hundreds and thousands. When these bats finish their daytime rest and fly off into the night, it is a frightening spectacle, especially for those who have read Dracula. But there is really no reason to be afraid because these bats eat fruit, no blood. Then there is a bat with large claws and big teeth, but this one eats fish. What about blood? Isn't there a bat that drinks blood? Well, among the 951 species (3) of bats in the world, there are, in fact, three that drink blood. They all live in the American tropics. They're a lot smaller than the flying foxes of Java, Being only around 8 centimetres long. They are incredibly agile (4) however, even when they are not flying. They can run on all four legs, or stand up on their back legs, and they jump very well too. They feed on (5) the blood of both birds and mammals, but they especially like to feed on domestic animals like cows, horses and goats.
