Reference: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Also, I highly recommend this youtube video about collecting sperm from an elephant.
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Reference: Alexander, C.P., 1970. Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica: The Crane Flies. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.
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Reference: Neufeld, C.J. and Palmer, A.R., 2008. Precisely proportioned: intertidal barnacles alter penis form to suit coastal wave action. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1638), pp.1081-1087.
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References: Klimley, A.P., 2013. The biology of sharks and rays. University of Chicago Press.
Jones, C.J., Walker, T.I., Bell, J.D., Reardon, M.B., Ambrosio, C.E., Almeida, A. and Hamlett, W.C., 2005. Male genital ducts and copulatory appendages in chondrichthyans. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras, ed. WC Hamlett, pp.361-393.
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Reference: Keogh, J.S., 1999. Evolutionary implications of hemipenial morphology in the terrestrial Australian elapid snakes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125(2), pp.239-278.
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Reference:
edyong209, 2013. Alligator penis surprise. SERIOUSLY WATCH THIS! Youtube. Attributed to Brandon Moore.
Kelly, D.A., 2013. Penile anatomy and hypotheses of erectile function in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis): muscular eversion and elastic retraction. The Anatomical Record, 296(3), pp.488-494.
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These poor worms in phyla Priapulida mate through external fertilization.
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Reference: Davison, Angus, 2019. Leopard slugs mate in the most beautifully bizarre way – and nobody knows why. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/leopard-slugs-mate-in-the-most-beautifully-bizarre-way-and-nobody-knows-why-128284
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Reference: Chapman, R.F. and Chapman, R.F., 1998. The insects: structure and function. Cambridge university press.
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Reference: Johnston, S.D., Smith, B., Pyne, M., Stenzel, D. and Holt, W.V., 2007. One-sided ejaculation of echidna sperm bundles. The American Naturalist, 170(6), pp.E162-E164.
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