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Bats don't use their for penetration – so what's it for? (cell.com)
4 points by hapulala89 948 days ago
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> Half of the recorded copulations lasted for less than 53.0 min, but the longest event extended to 12.7 hours. No intromission was observed at any point.

that will get more research funding. Who cares that bats don't get rabies? There's gonna be real money in extending the 4hr time limit on Viagra.

"Subsequently, we observed and documented 93 putative mating events in the attic of a Dutch church..."

The wonderful thing about language is that, even when speaking about the Netherlands, this is a sentence that has probably never occurred before.

It looks like you accidentally a word (and intentionally editorialize the title).
Probably not accidentally, I'm guessing.
it must have just slipped out