Abstract
Have you ever wondered how bats choose their mates? It turns out that some male and female bats meet in dark caves, with thousands of bats around them. Despite their good eyesight, it can be challenging to find “Mr. Right” in these conditions! Female bats have resorted to using their noses and, surprisingly, they prefer the stinkiest of males. Male long-nosed bats develop a stinky patch between their shoulder blades that they use to attract females, with the aid of bacteria.
Highlights
Have you ever wondered how bats choose their mates? It turns out that some male and female bats meet in dark caves, with thousands of bats around them
With the help of bacteria, the male bats use this patch to produce a stinky perfume that attracts females. This is a gap of bare skin, the size of a fingerprint that develops between the shoulder blades on agave bat males during reproductive season
In a quest to become the stinkiest male in the cave, male bats scratch at their backs, right between their shoulders, until they get rid of the fur in that spot, creating what is called a dorsal patch
Summary
Laboratorio de Ecología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mérida, Mexico Conservation Management, Soluciones Ambientales Itzeni AC, Mexico City, Mexico. Male long-nosed bats develop a stinky patch between their shoulder blades that they use to attract females, with the aid of bacteria. Animals that feed their babies with milk produced by their mothers, their skin is covered in fur completely or partially. Bats are neither birds nor mice, they may look a bit like both They are a special kind of mammal. Chiroptera is the scientific name given to bats, which are the only mammals capable of true flight. This name is made of two Greek words: “cheir” which means hand, and “pteron,” wing.
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