Reference: McCullough, J.D. and Lee, R.D., 1980. An ecological study of the rare rotifer species Trochosphaera solstitialis (Thorpe 1893) and the first report of the male. Hydrobiologia, 71(1-2), pp.7-18.

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Reference: Kamimura, Y. and Lee, C.Y., 2017. Ovoviviparity in the Tropical Earwig Species Spongovostox semiflavus (Dermaptera: Spongiphoridae), With Potential Convergent Elongation of Male Genitalia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 110(2), pp.189-196.

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Sequential hermaphrodites are like: ‘I’m the largest so I guess I’m male now.’

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I’d attack anyone who came across me while I was licking my vulva as well.

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“I’ll eat you up, I love you so.” -Maurice Sendak, channeling his inner female spider.

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Fireflies aren’t all sparkly lights- some real dark shit happening here.

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The nutrients are extra valuable in such a dry environment, creating a situation where females compete for males. I’m not sure why this would have driven the development of the gynosome- maybe the more females could insert themselves into the males the more successful they were.

Reference: Yoshizawa, K., Ferreira, R.L., Kamimura, Y. and Lienhard, C., 2014. Female penis, male vagina, and their correlated evolution in a cave insect. Current Biology, 24(9), pp.1006-1010.

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