These bat penises are so enormous, they can't be used for penetrative sex, study finds
Serotine bats have large, bulbous penises that they use like an arm — but not for penetration
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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.