Do Flying Foxes pee on themselves?

[den]

No.















Flying Foxes Of Bellingen Island

Comments

[frith]

Whitetail deer wizz on themselves on purpose. They have special rough hairs in large tufts on the metatarsals of their back legs. As they drain the main vein they rub the tufts together to improve absorption and probably mix in sebacious gland exudates. This is called rub-enurination or self marking behaviour. Immeadiately after rubbing they lick off the excess urine. I've also seen moose rub-enurinate when stressed.