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plosone.org - 27 days ago
Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time
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Oral sex is widely used in human foreplay, but rarely documented in other animals. Fellatio has been recorded in bonobos Pan paniscus , but even then functions largely as play behaviour among juvenile males. The short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx exhibits resource defence polygyny and one ...
sciencenow.sciencemag.org - 24 days ago
A Little Fellatio Goes a Long Way
— sciencenow.sciencemag.org — Fruit bats found to engage in oral sex--a behavior that may have important consequences [Read more]... (more) A Little Fellatio Goes a Long Way
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Um, you guys saw this one already right?
microecos — ... Tan M, Jones G, Zhu G, Ye J, Hong T, et al. (2009) Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time. PLoS ONE 4(10): e7595. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007595 ...

Fruit Bats Join Short List of Creatures Who Dig Fellatio!
Zooillogix — ... Apparently, according to the paper recently published in PLoS ONE, about 70% of female short-nosed fruit bats engage in oral sex with their partners. Furthermore, "a positive relationship exists between the length of time that the female licked the male's penis during copulation and the duration of copulation." This may indicate that females who engage in fellatio may be, in fact, improving the likelihood of fertilization. ...

Fruit Bat Blowjobs
Bayblab — ... A recent paper in PLoS ONE has found that fellatio amongst fruit bats increased copulation time. The image, from the paper, shows an artist's rendition of the act. Supplementary info also includes a video of the act - complete with weird soundtrack - if you're into bat porn. ...

And now for something completely salacious
Why Evolution Is True — ... I forgot to proffer this paper of the week before I left. The title alone is a classic:  Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time. 2009. M. Tan, G. Jones, G. Zhu, J. Ye, T. Hong, S. Zhou, S. Zhang, and L. Zhang. PLoS On :4(10): e7595. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007595. Be sure to check out the short video at the end of the paper. ...

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Animal behaviour: Fruit-bat fellatio — Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds
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