The 8-legged Monster Behind Chupacabra Mystery

Sightings abound of a four-legged, hairless, fanged monster that kills and sucks the blood, and sometimes milk, from livestock in the United States and Latin America. Its name chupacabra literally means "goat sucker."

This is a picture of the victim of these mites, not the Chupacabra..


I found this story to be extremely interesting..

So.... after all this time we find out that a mite is what makes coyotes look like the famous Chupacabra..

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There is, in fact, a real monster behind the sightings, but it has eight legs, measures at most 0.02 inches (0.5 millimeters) long and burrows into skin, rather than sucking blood. Its name: Sarcoptes scabiei, the mite that causes scabies in humans ... and coyotes. The chupacabras themselves are actually coyotes with severe infections by these mites, called sarcoptic mange, according to Barry OConnor , an evolutionary biologist at the University of Michigan. Infections in humans are usually mild, causing patches of itchy skin. Over our long evolutionary history with the mite, we have gained the ability to fight off the infections. Domesticated dogs and other animals have less experience with the mite than we do, and for them sarcoptic mange infections can be severe. But the prospects are much worse for their wild relatives who have no experience with the disease, and it often kills them, he said.

interesting indeed. that is one nasty looking coyote

How can you mistake a starving skinny dog for a chupacabra? Sorry but I think that animal is not "The" chupa.

Deebo

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It is , isn't it...

Hard to believe that a creature so small could do that much damage..

They must be infected with millions of those mites...

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Did you read the entire post? The animal pictured is the victim, not the chupacabra. Very interesting that mites were the culprit the entire time.

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If you research this old story, you will see the culprit looks much like that pic. But has creepy eyes and fangs..

Deebo

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Ah...but see....

now we KNOW what causes them to look like they do..

Mites....

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Please read the post...

thanks.....

It amazes me how i can post pretty cool info like this and get hardly any responses..

But put up a prediction thread and whammo!...hundreds of replies...


good grief..i give up....

See, wat happens with a dog that gets mange, the animal gets labled a monster
Thats sad since people are un-educated in "any" animal-ologies...

B4 the dog, wasnt the "monster" a creature that coud walk on 2 legs and looked like a alien
now its a dog... wtf

I remember seeing this on monster hunters