Cats may bite, and geese may have barbed penises, but one newly described hermaphroditic sea slug has taken a violent animal sex to a whole new level by stabbing it's mates in the head.
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Yes, we know that may sound like an usual bedroom activity gone horrible wrong, but this is a common behavior in hermaphrodite ea slugs during mating sessions.
Sea-Slugs |
The perpetrator of this bizarre act, Siphopteron sp. 1, is found off the northeast off coast of Australia. It has both male and female reproductive organs and uses both simultaneously during sex.
For its male organ, the slug has two-pronged penis consisting of a penile bulb that transfers sperm, and separate, needle like appendage called penile stylet that stabs and injects partners with prostate fluid-containing sex hormones called hormones.
Annabelle O