![The ability of female bats to store sperm within their reproductive tract, often for months at a time, has lead to intense sperm competition between males. This explains the relatively large testes The ability of female bats to store sperm within their reproductive tract, often for months at a time, has lead to intense sperm competition between males. This explains the relatively large testes](https://external-preview.redd.it/XLC8S_zXgYc9M7HX0Btth5nivrb_g2JzlHE-pOwQriQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=7ded69103b1ef599f5d859983ca738dfaf1cd272)
The ability of female bats to store sperm within their reproductive tract, often for months at a time, has lead to intense sperm competition between males. This explains the relatively large testes
![A colony of endangered Indiana bats in Vermont could hold lessons for the species' recovery | WBUR News A colony of endangered Indiana bats in Vermont could hold lessons for the species' recovery | WBUR News](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2022/07/VPR-BAT1000.jpg)
A colony of endangered Indiana bats in Vermont could hold lessons for the species' recovery | WBUR News
![Female Bat Breastfeeding Her Baby Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Bat - Animal, Flying Fox, Breastfeeding - iStock Female Bat Breastfeeding Her Baby Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Bat - Animal, Flying Fox, Breastfeeding - iStock](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/697348316/photo/female-bat-breastfeeding-her-baby.jpg?s=170667a&w=0&k=20&c=etKUeHIPiqvgplJg8Z4wHMoCs5RcSBvWXFvquagFeu8=)
Female Bat Breastfeeding Her Baby Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Bat - Animal, Flying Fox, Breastfeeding - iStock
![Female Bumblebee Bat / Kitti's Hog Nosed bat - with baby attached to false nipple (Craseonycteris..., Foto de Stock, Imagen Derechos Protegidos Pic. MEV-10741371 | agefotostock Female Bumblebee Bat / Kitti's Hog Nosed bat - with baby attached to false nipple (Craseonycteris..., Foto de Stock, Imagen Derechos Protegidos Pic. MEV-10741371 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/8db19ea76d0b1a8919af94c968b2b5b2/mev-10741371.jpg)
Female Bumblebee Bat / Kitti's Hog Nosed bat - with baby attached to false nipple (Craseonycteris..., Foto de Stock, Imagen Derechos Protegidos Pic. MEV-10741371 | agefotostock
![Female Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Micropteropus pussilus) flying with a baby on her belly, Ghana Stock Photo - Alamy Female Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Micropteropus pussilus) flying with a baby on her belly, Ghana Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DGX0C9/female-peters-dwarf-epauletted-fruit-bat-micropteropus-pussilus-flying-DGX0C9.jpg)
Female Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Micropteropus pussilus) flying with a baby on her belly, Ghana Stock Photo - Alamy
![Female Bat Breastfeeding Her Baby Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Bat - Animal, Flying Fox, Breastfeeding - iStock Female Bat Breastfeeding Her Baby Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Bat - Animal, Flying Fox, Breastfeeding - iStock](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/687931234/photo/female-bat-breastfeeding-her-baby.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=w3XzQNieWBfS8TkxdaHjaSK5XPzA8ZxHEcWiVhJMXgM=)
Female Bat Breastfeeding Her Baby Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Bat - Animal, Flying Fox, Breastfeeding - iStock
![Love has no frontiers: female of the Greater Noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) migrates from France to mate with males from the Iberian Peninsula - SECEMU Love has no frontiers: female of the Greater Noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) migrates from France to mate with males from the Iberian Peninsula - SECEMU](http://secemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/47_1.jpg)