Now, that's just showing off

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• pooberbee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Is it really seven times wider and seven times longer? Did a male serotine bat tell you that? And you believed it?

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  • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It sounds like someone made a wish to a genie and it was granted in the worst possible way.

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    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Monkey’s Paw: The Bat’s Penis

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• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Prehensile penis?

  NGL having a prehensile penis sounds like it’d be pretty cool

  Not to mention probably quite popular with one’s partners as well

  Though so giant it doesn’t fit sounds like quite the buzz kill

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• ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Join us at !bats@lemmy.world for more bat facts, adorable bat pics, and Sunday bleps!

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  • ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can you give me an estimate of how many similarly disturbing facts I’d have to expect there. I’m not sure if I can do this •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀

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• onlinepersona@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Are there any guesses as to why they evolved this way? What advantage does this have over penetrative sex?

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  • vmaziman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Maybe it’s only advantageous if u spend most of your time hanging from a ceiling by your toes

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  • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So why might the serotine bat have evolved such an enormous sex organ? The authors suggest that females might use their tail membranes to avoid mating, and the males’ long, thick penises could be used to push that membrane aside. “The hollow structure observed in the dorsal side of the erect penis might serve as a suction cup and support the maintenance of the copulatory contact,” the authors wrote. “Therefore, the penis’s size, shape, and prolonged embrace might further support the transport of sperm cells into the vagina and through the long cervix.”

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• the_rogue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks i didn’t need to know this.

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  • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But did you want to know this? Admit it, you did a little bit.

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Looks like I found my spirit animal.

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  • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    On one hand, giant penis. On the other hand, never gets to have penetrative sex. Quite the spirit animal.

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    • tabris@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The human sphincter can stretch to 7 inches in diameter. A raccoon can squeeze into 4 inches. You do the math and draw your own conclusions.

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    • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      With other bats* 👀

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• Fixbeat@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You’re doing it wrong, bats.

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