Retiree records bat sex in church attic, helps scientists solve mystery of species' "super long" penis

Female serotine bats have a large membrane between their tail and ankles which they can use to shield their genitals.

During mating, the males grab the females by the nape and use their large penises like an extra arm to reach around and remove this membrane, the researchers said.

Then follows a long, still embrace called "contact mating," during which sperm is transferred.

While this form of reproduction — also called "cloacal kissing" — is common in birds, it had never previously been observed in a mammal.

For serotine bats, the process takes some time. The average session was 53 minutes, but the longest lasted nearly 13 hours.

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

A perfect not the onion. Hilarious and interesting!

And he never asked the bats for consent to be filmed😤

"What did you do during the pandemic, Jan?"

I don't know why, but this bat kinda looks like Jordan Peterson

bats are the only animals who are well hung in two distinctly different ways apparently

That's why the ladies call me Batman

Penis tentacle.