The serotine bat does not use its strangely large penis for penetration, but instead as a "copulatory arm" during mating, researchers said.
  • asteriskeverything@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This is the fucking coolest science stuff I’ve read in a long time.

    Fasel speculated that the female bats could use their unusually long cervixes to hold onto the sperm of several different males for months before choosing which male they bear offspring with.

    Like WHAT. COOL