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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Orb spiders are weird
The male has 2 penises and the female has 2 openings for impregnation. The male detaches its penis after insertion in the female and this allows it to fight off other suitors better. Even after this act of valor the male orb spider is lucky to avoid being eaten by his selected mate. What price love? Meanwhile the orifice of the female is blocked to other males.
Explore the wacky world of weird wildlife willies. Here's an example to whet your appetite.
Explore the wacky world of weird wildlife willies. Here's an example to whet your appetite.
Argentine blue-bill lake duck
The
Argentine lake duck has something to quack about. Its penis is a
whopping 17 inches long, proportionally the longest of all vertebrates.
It's especially impressive among birds: Most male birds don't have
penises, and instead mate by briefly touching genital openings with
females. The Argentine lake duck has a corkscrew-shaped appendage, which
mirrors the female’s oppositely corkscrewed vagina. They really do get screwed! No one knows why
this duck evolved a gigantic member, but some researchers have
speculated that the giant penis may be an example of "runaway" sexual
selection, where female preference drives male anatomy to extremes, as
in the peacock's tail.
There are pictures.
There are pictures.
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