Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Dec 10, 2005

Big brain means small testes

Well, in bats anyway. Since both organs require a lot of energy to grow and maintain, it seems that bat species have evolved a brains vs. testicles approach depending on how promiscuous their females are. When there's competition to fertilize eggs, big testicles win out over big brains.

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