Bug sexual warfare drives gender bender

African bat bugs have two types of female genitalia.

Scientists trawling through remote caves of eastern Africa have stumbled on a strange example of sexual warfare. In the world of African bat bugs, they have found, males have learned to imitate females to reduce the trauma of sexual encounters. And females are retaliating by imitating the males.

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Bug sexual warfare drives gender bender

African bat bugs have two types of female genitalia.

Scientists trawling through remote caves of eastern Africa have stumbled on a strange example of sexual warfare. In the world of African bat bugs, they have found, males have learned to imitate females to reduce the trauma of sexual encounters. And females are retaliating by imitating the males.

Read the story here.

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