Now, that's just showing off (fedia.io)
from ickplant@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz on 25 Mar 2024 21:49
https://lemmy.world/post/13540334

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ickplant@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 2024 21:58 next collapse

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

ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.de on 26 Mar 2024 12:58 collapse

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 •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 25 Mar 2024 22:20 next collapse

Looks like I found my spirit animal.

ickplant@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 2024 00:06 collapse

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

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 26 Mar 2024 00:20 next collapse

With other bats* 👀

ickplant@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 2024 00:21 collapse

Touché

tabris@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 2024 01:33 collapse

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.

ickplant@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 2024 01:37 next collapse

This is not where I expected the night to go…

FilterItOut@thelemmy.club on 26 Mar 2024 02:55 collapse

Look, if a raccoon can get down my esophagus to the sphincter, he’s welcome to the acid bath.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev on 26 Mar 2024 03:34 collapse

That’s not how he’s getting in.

Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 25 Mar 2024 22:24 next collapse

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

Fixbeat@lemmy.ml on 25 Mar 2024 22:24 next collapse

You’re doing it wrong, serotine bats.

pooberbee@lemmy.ml on 26 Mar 2024 00:23 next collapse

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

PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 2024 03:35 collapse

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

cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world on 26 Mar 2024 17:30 collapse

The Monkey’s Paw: The Bat’s Penis

Dasus@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 14:04 collapse

Sounds like a bad “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” sequel.

the_rogue@sh.itjust.works on 26 Mar 2024 10:42 next collapse

Thanks i didn’t need to know this.

ickplant@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 2024 20:55 collapse

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

onlinepersona@programming.dev on 26 Mar 2024 13:12 collapse

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 on 26 Mar 2024 13:26 next collapse

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

ickplant@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 00:45 collapse

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.”

Source

This only partially answers the question of why, though.