Do Bats Really Drink Blood ?

Do bats drink blood as we have read in some fictions and seen in films ? We have for long wished to know the answer for this. Let' see if we can get an answer to this.
Bats are always compared and associated with vampires, halloween and other scary things but did you know that not all bats drink blood. In fact the shape of the bat’s skull can indicate the food it eats.

The bats with thicker jaws and bigger teeth, eat hard-shelled insects such as beetles, and hencethese bats are called insectivores. The other bats with thick jaws but with blade-like teeth prefer hard fruits, such as figs and are called frugivores.

The bats with longer skulls and bigger brains prey on other small animals and are carnivorous in nature. The bats with long but narrow skulls like to eat nectar and are called nectarivores whilst the bats with long snouts are sanguinivores, that is these bats have a like towards blood. The long snout houses the tongue that is used to lap up blood. These kind of bats usually come out at night and are usually found only near huge caves in hilly areas.

So although some bats do drink blood, a large majority don’t. Hence, it's true that some species of bats do drink blood !!!