References:
Brennan, P.L., Clark, C.J. and Prum, R.O., 2010. Explosive eversion and functional morphology of the duck penis supports sexual conflict in waterfowl genitalia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277(1686), pp.1309-1314.
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Reference: Austin, C.R., and Short, R.V. eds., 1986. Reproduction in Mammals. Cambridge University Press.
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The stylet also inserts something into the other slug that increases it’s fertility.
Reference: Anthes, N. and Michiels, N.K., 2007. Precopulatory stabbing, hypodermic injections and unilateral copulations in a hermaphroditic sea slug. Biology Letters, 3(2), pp.121-124.
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