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Talk:On the Origin of Species: Woobat (view source)
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You mentioned you didn't know of a bat species that employs echolocations or calls during courtship. Well I do. The Hammerhead Bat (''Hypsignathus monstrosus'') is a very large species of African bat. Highly sexually dimorphic, the males have massive noses and lips which they use to make their honking mating calls. | You mentioned you didn't know of a bat species that employs echolocations or calls during courtship. Well I do. The Hammerhead Bat (''Hypsignathus monstrosus'') is a very large species of African bat. Highly sexually dimorphic, the males have massive noses and lips which they use to make their honking mating calls. | ||
Males try to attract females by hanging from tree branches, trumpetting, and vigorously flapping their wings. | Males try to attract females by hanging from tree branches, trumpetting, and vigorously flapping their wings. In some populations, the males gather in leks; in such situations, less than 10% of the males will mate with about 3/4 of the females. | ||
Sounds like Swoobat to me :P | Sounds like Swoobat to me :P | ||
--[[User:Joltikonyourdesk|Joltikonyourdesk]] ([[User talk:Joltikonyourdesk|talk]]) 01:59, 15 August 2012 (UTC) | --[[User:Joltikonyourdesk|Joltikonyourdesk]] ([[User talk:Joltikonyourdesk|talk]]) 01:59, 15 August 2012 (UTC) | ||