Scientists discover first bat species to practice oral sex.

The_Minister

http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1027-hance_batsex.html

Scientists discover that bats practice oral sex
Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
October 28, 2009



The short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx is the first bat species to have been observed engaging in oral sex.

New research headed by Min Tan of China's Guangdong Entomological Institute discovered that female short nosed fruit bats would often lick the shaft of the male bats' penis during penetration. Before this discovery published in PLoS ONE, only a few species—such as bonobos, orangutans, and, of course, humans—are known to engage in oral sex.

The activity of oral sex—always performed by the female bat on the male—was not rare, but happened in 70 percent of the recorded sexual instances. In addition Tan found that when the female bat engaged in oral sex, the act of penetration lasted longer: with on average of six seconds added to the copulation for every one second of fellatio. In addition, males never withdrew from the female when she was performing fellatio.

The sexual behavior of only a few bat species has been recorded due to the fact that the flying mammals are nocturnal and their roosts are often inaccessible to humans. Therefore, Tan went to great lengths to uncover the sexual behavior of her subjects. Tan and her team captured 60 short-nosed fruit bats, housed them, and filmed their sexual escapades after dark.

Fruit short-nosed bats are polygamous. The males craft tents out of foliage where females join them for copulation.

The researchers are not sure why these bats engage in fellatio, however they posit several theories, including that the oral sex by prolonging penetration may in some way increase the likelihood of fertilization. Or the oral sex could assist in preventing sexually transmitted diseases in the bats through antibodies in their saliva.



Citation: Tan, Min, Jones, Gareth, Zhu, Guangjiang, Ye, Jianping, Hong, Tiyu., Zhou, Shanyi, Zhang, Shuyi, & Zhang, Libiao. Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time PLoS ONE, 2009, 4 (10) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007595

Take a hint from Mother Nature ladies.

Liam Byrne

Only practising ????

Tell them come back when they get good at it!

And if I was a bat I'd be wary of picking up one of the ones who likes the taste of blood!

a-k-47

Perverts!


The scientists not the bats.

Senna

I wonder do they spit or swallow?

bronte

No way! I knew that Bruce wayne was onto something! :pac:

CianRyan

What made them want to look at bats having sex.
I can honestly say, that is one thing that, until now, has never crossed my mind.

Cupcake_Crisis

Awh! Thats so cute, theys in loveee!

bigeasyeah

Bloody nerdlingers

Rented Mule

I've known a few old bats ..........

TheKells

CianRyan wrote: »

What made them want to look at bats having sex.
I can honestly say, that is one thing that, until now, has never crossed my mind.

Surely you jest

2Scoops

Vids or GTFO.

minidazzler

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

Awh! Thats so cute, theys in loveee!

Blowjobs cute??? Love???

I think someone has been lying to you. I bagsy next :P


ALSO: I Call rule 34 on this.

There is Pron of it.

Now prove it!

sam34

female short nosed fruit bats would often lick the shaft of the male bats' penis during penetration.
In addition, males never withdrew from the female when she was performing fellatio.

now, i dont really know what bats look like, and i definitely dont know what their bits look like, but how the hell do the female ones give head during penetration??

Gone Drinking

Am i the only person who got a boner whilst reading this?

ElaElaElano

A priest might say these were bats out of hell.

derfderf

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Am i the only person who got a boner whilst reading this?

no, you're just the only one brave enough to admit it.


/tips hat

Palmerstown_guy

Nice discovery, bats know a good thing.

genericguy

CianRyan wrote: »

What made them want to look at bats having sex.
I can honestly say, that is one thing that, until now, has never crossed my mind.

my housemate works on bat genetics, and he was actuallythe reviewer for that paper before it was submitted, i thought it was the most hilarious science i'd ever seen!

Long Onion

If the bats observed were both male, would they be fruit bats?*















*It's the navy crombie.

NothingMan

I bet Batman wrote this study to trick Robin into some felatio During sexy time.

KnifeWRENCH

The researchers are not sure why these bats engage in fellatio, however they posit several theories, including that the oral sex by prolonging penetration may in some way increase the likelihood of fertilization. Or the oral sex could assist in preventing sexually transmitted diseases in the bats through antibodies in their saliva.

Here's another theory - males like getting head.
Somehow I doubt the male bat's first priority is to "prevent sexually transmitted diseases" :pac:

TheZohanS

I had to delete the bat willy/balls photo as we had complaints.

For a little dude he had a fair set!

Liam Byrne

TheZohan wrote: »

For a little dude he had a fair set!

Is that where this sentence applies :

Tan went to great lengths....

ejmaztec

There's nothing like a bit of assault and battery.

Herbal Deity

ElaElaElano wrote: »

A priest might say these were bats out of hell.

Leave and never come back.

wudangclan

Long Onion wrote: »

If the bats observed were both male, would they be fruit bats?

No.
They would be batty boys.:pac:

Daroxtar

when the female bat engaged in oral sex, the act of penetration lasted longer: with on average of six seconds added to the copulation for every one second of fellatio.

So 10 minutes gobbling should guarantee an hour and three minutes of humping.

ejmaztec

Given the choice of either oral sex or looking at some pig-ugly bat-face, I would imagine that there'd be no contest for the batesses.

Long Onion

TheZohan wrote: »

I had to delete the bat willy/balls photo as we had complaints.

For a little dude he had a fair set!

Seriously - WTF?

Who would come to AH, read a thread about oral sex by bats and then get offended by a pic of bat bits? That's like someone watching Babestation phoning the regulator besause the gusset slips and some pink is exposed !

Honestly, some people ...

Marvinthefish

*Steps out to put a bet on next year's Ig Nobel Prizewinner for biology*

(2009 prize went to a group of Japanese scientists "for demonstrating that kitchen refuse can be reduced more than 90% in mass by using bacteria extracted from the feces of giant pandas."):D

Walsh

Who pays these 'Scientists'?

TheZohanS

Long Onion wrote: »

Seriously - WTF?

Who would come to AH, read a thread about oral sex by bats and then get offended by a pic of bat bits? That's like someone watching Babestation phoning the regulator besause the gusset slips and some pink is exposed !

Honestly, some people ...

I agree.

If anyone would like to see the photo you can Google Image Search "scary bat.jpg" but make sure you have "Safe Search" turned off.

But it's NSFW.

Long Onion

TheZohan wrote: »

I agree.

If anyone would like to see the photo you can Google Image Search "scary bat.jpg" but make sure you have "Safe Search" turned off.

But it's NSFW.

Can I just add that if you choose to do the above - you have issues - many, many issues.

(alternatively, you may be Catwoman)

Pedro K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTW8oUV8Aq0

Let's do it like they do on the discovery channel.

EDIT:

Why didn't they video work??

LINK

EDIT AGAIN:
Fixed. Thank you Teutorix

Teutorix

are bats mammals? because ive seen something about 10% of members of all mammal species are gay.

Teutorix

Pedro K wrote: »

Let's do it like they do on the discovery channel.

EDIT:

Why didn't they video work??

LINK

youtube tags only use the vid number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e13RGx1zVV0

Pedro K

Teutorix wrote: »

are bats mammals? because ive seen something about 10% of members of all mammal species are gay.

They are indeed mammals.

Corkfeen

Down with that sort of thing. They sonar each other down there.

Nevyn

sam34 wrote: »

now, i dont really know what bats look like, and i definitely dont know what their bits look like, but how the hell do the female ones give head during penetration??

Bat bits are pretty big in comparison to the rest of thier bodies.

http://www.warrenellis.com/pfile/batcock.jpg