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Bats with weirdly giant penis have sex for up to 12 hours in a way never seen in mammals before

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Serotine bats have "disproportionately large" penises that don't fit inside the females' vaginas.

Instead of inserting their penis into the female's vagina, males use their Mammals zed genitalia to push aside their partner's tail sheath.

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