
The stories of the Chupacabra, a mythical monster that sucks blood from livestock, may actually have some kind of explanation.
All of the “chupacabras” that have actually been found, that gave them a reality, have turned out to be coyotes suffering from severe cases of mange. Mange is a disease that can cause the animals’ hair to fall out and skin to shrivel.
If these monsters are in fact just mangy coyotes, the ‘bloodsucker” myth, of the chupacabra killing of livestock makes sense.
Many scientists are satisfied with the realization that the chupacabra is just a coyote, however some may still be looking into it.
New creatures are constnatly being discovered so we can really never know for sure!!
[Image via AP Images.]
Nov 01, 2010 15:00pm PDT
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