Video: Bat fellatio
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Female short-nosed fruit bats have been observed performing fellatio on their partners during copulation. Mating pairs spent more time copulating if the female did so.
Cynopterus sphinx live in south-east Asia. The males often roost with small groups of females.
Min Tan of the Guangdong Entomological Institute in Guangzhou, China, and colleagues captured 30 male and 30 female short-nosed fruit bats in Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou City and observed their mating behaviour in enclosures.
The bats copulate dorso-ventrally, with the male mounting the female from behind. During mating, the females reached over to lick the base of the male's penis in 14 of the 20 pairs that copulated.
The tip of the penis had already penetrated the female's vagina, and the males did not withdraw when the female licked the base of the penis.
Both the duration of an individual copulation, and the overall time a mating pair spent copulating, were increased if the female performed fellatio.
Journal reference: PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007595
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Clearly, these bats spent too much time on the internet and I can guess which sites!
"Mating pairs spent more time copulating if the female did so."
So ladies (and gents, of course): don't be afraid to camp out down below, we'll make it worth your while, science says so! ;)
Does that mean that you are batty?
Dude music is all wrong w need some porn music for this. Like some techno meets jazz. hehehehe
Wrong Music
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Yes, there is a conspicuous absence of wah-wah pedal.
Yes, and where was the drum solo?
..sure- all my favorite blueys have a drum solo in the middle too
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