April 19, 2008 (LPAC)--Forget the panda; Prince Philip's World Wildlife Fund has found a better symbol: the vampire bat.

What endears the vampire bat to the WWF is its method of feeding: "They have 22 teeth but use only about half of the sharpest ones for feeding. They peel back a small sliver of skin on their featherless or hairless prey and use long tongues to lap up the blood. Grooves in the tongue widen during feeding to allow the flow," the WWF Gift Center "Adopt a Vampire Bat" page explains.

A perfect description of Brutish free trade!