An inspiration for a new Batman’s gadget?
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“a Dutch retiree recording bat sex in a church attic” is my new favourite sentence. And quite possibly a life goal.
use their unusually long cervixes to hold onto the sperm of several different males for months before choosing which male they bear offspring with.
Doubt.
Well I wasn’t expecting to look this up today. But it looks like there’s actually plenty of evidence for bats holding onto sperm for months. I’m not sure about them selectively choosing which sperm to use.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511888/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/female-sperm-storage
And it’s not just bats. Apparently some turtles can hold onto sperm for years.