Despite their huge presence in our cultural landscape and the news, we know strangely little about bats —especially their mating habits. But a new study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE has unearthed a ...
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Acoustic romance in old church attics: Greater mouse-eared bats display lek mating system
This collective yet competitive gathering of males in specific display areas is known as a "lek." Females travel considerable distances to reach these sites during the mating season and the males ...
In the darkness of old church attics, surprisingly romantic scenes take place as male greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), the largest native bat species in Europe, compete for the attention of ...
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