The Twisted World of Sexual Organs

[Kaere]

How evolution solved the problem of conception...

Safe for work, but they's some weeeeird stuff out they, I tell you wut...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc.com/earth/bespoke/story/20140908-twisted-world-of-sexual-organs/index.html

[Rockhopper]

Garhhhh! I didn't really need to know that Ka!

Tim.

[Agartha]

OMG!!! That's put me off squid for a while!!!!!!!!!!!

...and the shocks don't end there:

Many mammals have a bone in their penises???? Oh dear god......

But, one thing seems common in all species:

LOL

Males are generally keen to breed with as many females as they can: a female, in contrast, may be more interested in exploring the field and mating only with the very best males she can find.

And the Argentine duck??

Things aren’t going well for one Argentine lake drake. His attempts to impress the female ducks with his plumage and courtship displays have failed. As yet another dissatisfied female swims away, the male instinctively reacts: in the blink of an eye he explosively releases his 40-centimetre-long penis, uses it to lasso the female and forces himself on her.

OK..... I'm going to stop reading the article now.......... can't take it........hahaha

[Rockhopper]

Many mammals have a bone in their penises???? Oh dear god......

Gives a whole new meaning to having a "Hard-on"!!

I know that Whales, Dolphins and Elephants have a bone in their dicks but I wasn't aware that other mammals do so.

Tim.

[Kaere]

The ducks, Aggie... that stunned me lol.

Rock, I did put a warning

I thought this was particularly neato...

In many mammals - including humans - seminal fluid contains a chemical that encourages the female brain to release ovulation-inducing hormones. This may help to guarantee that there is an egg waiting for the sperm at the end of their swim. It might also help males to fertilise a female before she can mate with a rival.

Mind-bending semen seems to offer a clear advantage in the fight among males for paternity rights.

Females may not be particularly happy about being manipulated like this, though. “When we first discovered ovulation-inducing factor, we thought it may send a shiver up the spine of every woman using the "rhythm method" of contraception,” says Gregg Adams at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada - although he thinks it’s unlikely that female mammals have evolved counter-adaptations to avoid this male control.

[Rogue]

Nice picture of the two whales mmm...

[Kaere]

lol...

[Mordae]

Could be worse...Tapir's have a prehensile penis. Be like a little trunk coming at you (pun intended)

[Agartha]

Oh gawd........ just when this thread had been forgotten!!!
lol

[Rogue]

The females of some species are pretty uncool too. The female Praying Mantis often eats the head off the male once the deed is done

[Agartha]

And the Black Widow eats her male after the deed is done.....
lol

[Kaere]

I'd prefer pizza, myself.

[Agartha]

hahaha

[Rockhopper]

Kiwi meat pie for me!

Tim.

[Kaere]

Am I going to be sorry if I google that?

[Mordae]

... maybe...

[Rockhopper]

Rock, I did put a warning

Indeed you did but that is like saying, "Don't look, nothing to see here!" Immediately everyone looks!

Tim

[Rogue]

WARNING: DO NOT LOOK

Spoiler:

[Rockhopper]

See what I mean?  

Which one is you Roggie?  

Tim.

[Kaere]

!!!!