malformalady: “ True love exists — At the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of Brodski Varoš,...
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malformalady: “ True love exists — At the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of Brodski Varoš,...
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malformalady: “ True love exists — At the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of Brodski Varoš,...
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malformalady: “ True love exists — At the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of Brodski Varoš,...
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malformalady:

True love exists — At the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of Brodski Varoš, Croatia. She can’t fly with him – her wing was injured by a hunter 22 years ago, so she patiently waits for him throughout the fall and winter months. Stjepan Vokić, a former school janitor, takes care of Malena while Klepetan is away. While storks don’t necessarily mate for life, they do tend to return to the same nests and mating partner

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typhlonectes: “ Larger Pacific Striped Octopus Behavior and Body Patterns of the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus “ Over thirty years ago anecdotal accounts of the undescribed Larger Pacific Striped Octopus suggested behaviors previously unknown for...
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typhlonectes: “ Larger Pacific Striped Octopus Behavior and Body Patterns of the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus “ Over thirty years ago anecdotal accounts of the undescribed Larger Pacific Striped Octopus suggested behaviors previously unknown for...
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typhlonectes: “ Larger Pacific Striped Octopus Behavior and Body Patterns of the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus “ Over thirty years ago anecdotal accounts of the undescribed Larger Pacific Striped Octopus suggested behaviors previously unknown for...
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Larger Pacific Striped Octopus

Behavior and Body Patterns of the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus

Over thirty years ago anecdotal accounts of the undescribed Larger Pacific Striped Octopus suggested behaviors previously unknown for octopuses. Beak-to-beak mating, dens shared by mating pairs, inking during mating and extended spawning were mentioned in publications, and enticed generations of cephalopod biologists. In 2012–2014 we were able to obtain several live specimens of this species, which remains without a formal description. All of the unique behaviors listed above were observed for animals in aquaria and are discussed here. We describe the behavior, body color patterns, and postures of 24 adults maintained in captivity. Chromatophore patterns of hatchlings are also shown… (read more)

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Q:do ants have dicks? i need to know asap

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cool-critters:

cool-critters:

As far as I could find any informations it seems to be like this: male ants (which are only born to reproduce and than be eaten by the ladies) do have two testicels and two deferent ducts in their abdomen, but they dont have a penis. It´s more like they let the sperm out through the abdomen as a drop and the female ant, which is almost always the queen, takes in the drop through her abdomen.

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Old but gold!

Little correction:

The male ants dont get eaten after mating. However there are several reasons why the male ants die after the mating ceremony.
First of all, male ants are born from unfertilized eggs, and are homozygous. There is thus, a small genetic disadvantage that male ants have. The lethal and sub-vital alleles (which are recessive) have higher chance of being expressed in them. This means they are born with a higher mortality rate. Some also die of hunger because their colony doesnt take care of them after they fulfilled their task.

However, there are several ant species that act differently (army ants for example).
Thats what I found out after some research. If somebody would like to add something or found a mistake, just tell me. :)


A really great and more detailed explanation about ant penises you can find in the comment from Sacculetta! Who knew ant sex can even be dramatic?

Ant sex is weird

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