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These bats are the only mammals known to mate without non penetrative sex (www.sciencenews.org)
submitted 11 months ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@beehaw.org
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This study in serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus) shows that the penis is used as a ‘copulatory arm’ rather than an intromittent organ, revealing a novel copulatory behaviour in mammals. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.0

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 21 points 11 months ago

"without non-penetrative" == "with penetrative", so I think they've gotten it reversed. They're the only ones to mate with non-penetrative sex.

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

without non

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

huh reading the article it seems like a somewhat similar method of pin-to-pad contact solutions seen in computer hardware (see modern fans from Corsair, Phanteks, Thermaltake)

[–] Taringano@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Contactless sex?