Dutch retiree helps solve mystery of strangely large bat penis

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 21, 2023 4:17 pm

PARIS: 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.

The serotine bat does not use its strangely large penis for penetration, but instead as a 'copulatory arm' during mating, a European team of researchers said on Monday.

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