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bam13302 t1_j95muo7 wrote

Reply to comment by shawnikaros in If a human being is bleeding internally say in their mouth or stomach would they still have a risk of anemia? by Robbeee

Also, I always assumed the vampire teeth sucked the blood either directly into the bloodstream of the vampire, or into some special processing organ

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Yaver_Mbizi t1_j95zh4g wrote

>sucked the blood either directly into the bloodstream of the vampire

That seems evolutionarily suspect: blood-to-blood pathogens from ("near-"?)conspecifics sound like a huge threat compared to any foodborne pathogens that have to go through the digestive system.

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bam13302 t1_j961cpy wrote

Agreed, but i have yet to see a vampire vulernable to a disease or created via evolution, so...

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whatkindofred t1_j97vrq3 wrote

But don’t bats have an extremely strong immune system?

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DrRob t1_j97zj2n wrote

Bats have immune systems which are relatively under-reactive compared to us. They happily harbour all kinds of wild, nasty viruses that they don’t bother mounting a big immune response to.

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notsocoolnow t1_j95w4a5 wrote

If vampires are undead I would imagine that their absorption of blood might not involve actual digestion.

But I find the idea of vampires running to the loo every hour to be hilarious so that's now canon for me forever.

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