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Female bats keep it in the family
Female bats keep it in the family
(BBC: 14-Sep-05)
Female greater horseshoe bats share male mates with their mothers and grandmothers, Nature magazine reports. This serves to bind families together, but avoids the dangers of inbreeding.
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