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Serotine bats have large, bulbous penises that they use like an arm — but not for penetration

Video reveals the serotine bat may be the first mammal known to mate without using penetration, according to a new study.

Scientists have solved the mystery of one of the animal kingdom's most disproportionately large penises thanks to a Dutch retiree recording bat sex in a church attic.Relatively little is known about how bats mate because it is difficult to observe, and the scientists could not see a way of solving this mystery.

The size of the bats' male genitals make penetration impossible.

Researchers have video evidence that serotine bats don't have penetrative sex, like other mammals.

The serotine bat does not use its strangely large penis for penetration, but instead as a "copulatory arm" during mating, researchers said.

If you have an irrational fear of insects (aka entomophobia), get extremely anxious about vast, deep bodies of water (aka thalassophobia), or have an extreme fear of confined spaces (aka claustrophobia), a new exhibition at ArtScience Museum that awakens your senses with the wonders of nature might quell those aversions just by its sheer awesomeness. (It's also a great way...

Researchers at Dalhousie University have examined the environmental impact of PPE on animals that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TODAY is International Bat Night (Friday, August 27) and there are a large number of bats residing in the UK, including across Wales.