Posts tagged as bats
Your Local Gym Is A Lot Like A Guano-Filled Batcave
"White nose syndrome grows on bats' skin during the winter and irritates them, rousing them from hibernation. Not used to being awake when it is so cold, the bats burn so much energy trying to stay warm that they deplete their fat reserves, and eventually become too weak to fly or catch food." READ MORE
Female Short-Nosed Fruit Bats Are The Best Animals Ever
Just in time for Halloween: Chinese scientists investigating the mating habits of short-nosed fruit bats observed that the female bats frequently perform fellatio on the males during intercourse, and that mating sessions were shown to last longer when fellatio was performed. Which is a valuable lesson that everyone out there should take to heart, am I right, fellas? (There is actual bat blowjob video at the link, if you are so inclined.)
Firefly Flashing Means Both "Let's Do It" And "Don't Eat Me"
Remember that hot Science Times article from this summer explicating just how fireflies' light flashes are a call-and-response mating system? "In at least some species," wrote bug smut peddler Carl Zimmer, of stuff he learned from Tufts University evolutionary ecologist Dr. Sara Lewis. "Females may use flashes to pick out males with the biggest gifts." ("Nuptial gifts" being coiled packages of protein males fireflies inject into female fireflies along with their sperm.) Well, turns out that the phosphorescent flashes serve another, less sexy purpose, too. READ MORE
