OK, this is weird: To ward off bats, these moths rub their genitals

Monday, July 8, 2013 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

With perhaps the kinkiest alarm system in the animal kingdom, hawkmoths rub their genitals to create ultrasound bursts that might drive away bats, researchers say.

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