I'm not exactly the smartest person when it comes to knowing about health or stuff like that. I know I am struggling in Biology class it's so hard with my damn teacher. Anyways we are currently going over health diet and so on, anyways I was wondering how can a Chupacabra survive???

Especailly when it's died is simply blood how could it get all the things it needs for it's body? The only thing I can think of is if it can survive of blood then it's not from this world....

It eats the organs sometimes, too.

Almost 99% of the stories I heard said the animals body was drained of only blood.....still how could it survive?

how does an herbivore survive only on plants? A carnivore on meat? An insectivore on insects?

It's adapted some kinda way to drink blood and organs.

look at the nutrients in blood- there's plenty of them for a creature to solely survive on the stuff. AAMOF, blood is the most nutritious drink out there.

How do ticks, vampire bats, and mosquitoes survive?

i'm not an insect expert, mind you, so there could be a species that does survive off blood, but to my knowledge, only pregnant female mosquitos drink blood, to help feed her eggs because blood is so nutritious.

Yeah man, it is possible for it to have an adapted digestive system.

beat me to it dragonlady! just wat i was going to say!

Why not vampire bats are warm blooded mammals that survive completely on blood. Some species in Africa and India can actually grow to be pretty large but still thrive on blood. I have to wonder if the chubacapra myths aren't just vampire bat feedings embeleshed after a few dozen telllings and brought up from the southern parts of Mexico and other areas where these bats are common.

Yes good comment, but keep in mind they are not as big as a Chupacabra!

2 Pac, Kevin preimpted that.

And Kevin, how can it be just normal, every day vampire bats, if they wave the carcasses around on tv?

the chupucabra appears in texas and puerto rico not mexico.
people in vampire bat areas know what they are as they can blight their cattle and so are normally killed on sight.

Its a primitive native superstition that caught media attention because some people claimed there was a u.f.o. connection
Before you prove an extra terrestrial connection you first have to prove thatthe animal exists
so far the jury's still out and considering that attacks by this creature don't occur in the amazon jungle or the himalayas its a nice story to sell to the papers on the occaison of a fox getting into your chicken coop.
A non avian that flies and has glowing red eyes and spits fire ?
I don't know how many rules of nature its existence would break
all of them probably
so far its just responsible for breaking common sense in individuals

What about the corpses?

which corpses ?
have you seen any actual lab reports of chickens exsanguinated or just the stuff that was reported by the locals in the press

Like I said before I just don't see how this is possible! I know you all keep giving me a explanition but you know.......don't seem right.

I've seen video footage of exsanguinated corpses, though not chickens.

You're saying these were chupucabra victims ?
thats a first
got a link ?

I seen a corpse from like every animal not just chickens! There's all kinds that supposily the Chupacabra got.

supposily
possibly
maybe
kinda
if
etc
etc

Q. How much is a chicken worth
A. one chicken

Q. How much is a chicken that been mauled by a fox worth
A. one meal

Q. How much is a chicken that been killed by the demonic chupucabra which flew from the sky breathing fire and flashing its bright red eyes around the farmyard worth to the local media ?
A. Lots


See if any animal from a chupucabra had ever made it as far as a lab the mystery would be solved because its possible to type a saliva sample left in the wounds
I'm still waiting

Damn everyone always makes good points!

not me man, mmmmmm chicken

doughnuts are better :-p

I don't think a Chupacabra would eat that ^


But then again what do we really know about them! It might suck the jelly out thinking it's blood!

hmm, seeing how we never actually seen a chupa, it could be a new species of bat or even an insect (though i doubt it), but most likely its all just a bunch of embelished tall tales to get attention....hmm is there any tell of el chupacabra in acient legends? like the legends of the sasquatch in amerindian legends?

No
its a modern phenomena
It must have evolved the wings and the flames and the big red eyes recently
but nobody noticed
Occhams Razor anyone

the lack of legends of it furthers my skepticism on it being real...

all hail the evil monkey!

You said seeing as noone seen it? Many people claim to have seen it!

hail the evil monkey? me? im confused.... hail me? or should i hail an evil monkey?

the monkey avatar urs

hmm so hail me, for the avatar represents me... ALL HAIL LORD KAZIUS!!! or else no sandwiches for you!

maybe it eat's berries or some kind of fruit. bats eat berries.

I can just see this thread getting closed! Anyways back on tpoci I was trying to get peoples opinion about what they think the Chupacabra easts and things of that nature.

Sorry if I seem like a @$$ but I don't wan this thread to be CLOSED

hmm ive already posted my opinion and have discussed wether or not chupa does exist...unless more people post their opinions i dont really see this thread going anywhere, sorry...

exactly, you have made my point for me...people have CLAIMED to see it, claims arent evidence!

Yeah, but so many people have claimed I believe that at least one of those sightings must be real. Don't you? Unless every sighting is to just attract attention or something like that. I suppose that is possible too.

they saw something be it a dog/cat/bat/horse/you/me/weird al, but it wasnt a chupa, they just embellished their story to make it sound more interesting and once the originals were out people actually think they are seeing a chupa instead of what it actualy is.....

Yeah, but they are not going to get a Chupa confused with a bat or a dog you know what I mean.... I'm saying only reason why I think people fake seeing it is they want some kind of fame. Otherwise I say if someone is positive they saw it then most likely they seen something like it.

By the way anyone know of a site that has good facts about the Chupacabra? Can you post it or PM it to me thanks.

i am a strong believer that the chupa is a hoax...if you are told what something is supposed to look like then you see it too....too many claims arent backed up with good evidence and it is only a new phenomena, i ask you were was the chupa in the past, why did he only surface recently?

Well I heard about the Chupa long long ago! I was in the 4th or 5th grade when I first heard about it. So I think the Chupacabra been told about for a long time. I don't know how you are saying it only appeared recently??? Because I have been knowin about it!

lord kazius meant history wise, eg more than 100 years ago
meaning if its been living in new mexico or whateva for this long,
why has it only just surfaced recently?
p.s how long ago woz u in 5th grade?

I'm only in 10th grade now.........

exactly roswell man, i intended it historicaly wise...

i don't see 5 years ago as being a long time ago....

go to the ancient mysteries gallery. there is a picture of supposedly an aztec carving of El Chupa.

With no Aztecs around to ask, how they can tell that's definitively what it is is beyond me, but...eh...*points to siggy*

I get how look:

Ingredients for Blood

Plasma
Water and Protein

Hemoglobin
Hard dry platelets

Im not that good either but as you can see blood consists of Plasma and plasma contains Protein, and ALL meat contains protein, and thats how carnivours survive. So blood is nutritionus enough to support life. With, of of course, an adapted digestive system

For the guy saying 5 years ain't long ago...yeah it kinda is. Also it most LIKELY was LONGER than 5 years.

I doubt small towns across Latin America woke up one morning and said, "Lets think of a hobgoblin to confuse those silly Americans!"

Some sightings could be misidentification...but i doubt all of them are, especially if there is footprints and carcasses left behind. Dogs dont kill like that.

Yeah that' s what I have been saying.