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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

"Without", literally going the way of "literally"... 🧐

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

without non

[–] [email protected] 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)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Contactless sex?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So, no kissing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

No frenching