Vampire bats suck* blood. These bats suck something else.
Via Andres Soolo .
* Or lick. Doesn't really matter.
Most Australians are, to some extent, familiar with flying foxes – a familiarity all too often accompanied by resent. But did you know about their polyamorous, bisexual genital licking? Didn’t think so. And it turns out this foxy behaviour is vital to maintaining healthy ecosystems, due to the significant role the species plays in pollinating Australian natives (especially eucalypts).
This pandemonium of noise usually accompanies important social interactions… like upside-down foreplay. Several flying fox species have been observed to perform oral sex, often for hours on end. One study of the Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus), published in PLOS One, found that cunnilingus increased the duration of the eventual mating time.
Initially males groomed their penis before approaching a nearby female. Females typically moved away and males followed. When the female stopped moving, the male started licking her vagina (cunnilingus)… It appears that bats, especially pteropodids perform oral sex, either cunnilingus or fellatio, possibly for achieving longer copulation,” the study reported.
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2018/07/flying-fox-foreplay
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