This Bat's Member Is So Exceptionally Large It's Used as an Extra Arm (www.sciencealert.com)

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An inspiration for a new Batman's gadget?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Hmm, how would they even "choose"? Is it like, in different compartments?.. And wouldn't the material go bad after all that time?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

One of the articles explains that the females have some mechanism for keeping the sperm alive, I imagine the sperm is able to replicate itself as long as the environment is friendly. I’m not sure how they would choose between sperm, that may just be a hypothesis. I unfortunately don’t have the time to read further right now

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