Fruit bats use oral sex to prolong the deed

[XemaSab]

When they do their thing, female Chinese fruit bats add oral sex to get the males to prolong the act, scientists now find, suggesting the behavior confers evolutionary benefits.

Oral sex, or fellatio, is often used in human foreplay, the researchers noted, but rarely seen in other animals. As such, there have been few evolutionary reasons given for oral sex to date, and fellatio is largely thought confined to humans, although juvenile members of the chimpanzee-like bonobo do it for play.

Now scientists find the short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) routinely engages in oral sex, the first time fellatio has been seen in adult animals other than humans. The researchers argue the act likely has evolutionary benefits.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33587754/ns/technology_and_science-science/

[NYC_SKP]

1. Oh.

Does our own DUer, bonobo, know about this? :P

[Bonobo]

15. Yep, I'm all over this one!!

Thanks for thinking of me. But the truth is that even middle-aged bonobos still engage in it sometimes ;)

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. forward this to any RW you know. Listen for the head popping to follow.

[WillParkinson]

3. I'm glad I know this...

I'm going to take this with me and hand it out to friends just so they know it's an evolutionary thing and they shouldn't fight evolution.

[damntexdem]

4. Maybe we should change our epithets: "bat-shit crazy" may be inaccurate.

;-)

[rurallib]

5. hope the female covers her teeth.

[valerief]

6. Bats are just Satan in animal form.

So say the batshit crazy.

:rofl:

[RainDog]

7. I thought you were talking about the indie rock group

and said... well, of course. :)

No wonder they had that song about the "Wind that BLEW my heart away."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMR9eSXTXa8

[FirstLight]

8. hehehe...

So - first thought is, this information could be used by males of OUR species to prove to us females that it is a 'natural thing' and we should do it more often.

....Then I realize that the context is that females INITIATE the act so that the whole sex experience itself can last longer and feel more fun for THEM.

yikes, ladies.
If you are against the blowjob, evolution has it out for you.

If you are "good" at it however, there may be an evolutionary boost in it for you somehow!
:thumbsup: ;)

[JohnWxy]

9. while hanging upside down....

[stuntcat]

10. Recommend!!

:blush: :blush:

[pepperbear]

11. OK, so they can perform oral sex while copulating with 1 partner?

If I could do that, I'd never leave the house.

:rofl:

[hootinholler]

12. Thread is worthless

Without Pictures.

-Hoot

[The Backlash Cometh]

13. I say they're staying up late and watching too much nightime HBO.

[4_TN_TITANS]

14. I think I could have lived a long and happy life

without out ever knowing this! I'll never think of the cute little bats the same again....

[Terry in Austin]

16. Rarely seen in other animals? Hang on a minute...

The researchers mentioned here must be a little light in their field work. Oral sex and many other items in the human sexual repertoire are in fact well documented in quite a number of animal species.

One such study even focuses on gay animal behavior -- Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, by Bruce Bagemihl. The 768-page tract documents "same-sex activity in animals, carefully defining courtship patterns, affectionate behaviors, sexual techniques, mating and pair-bonding, and same-sex parenting."

Animals! There's a reason they're called "wild."

B-)