On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:29:30 -0700, Beth Benoit wrote:
I teach a course in Human Sexuality, and on the first day of class I
ask
students what is the name for the outer reproductive organs of males
and
females. Everybody knows "penis" for males, but everybody thinks that
"vagina" is the name for the female outer reproductive organs. Nope,
it's
*not* "vagina." The vagina is located *inside* the body. The outer
part
is known, collectively, as the "vulva."
I concede the point.
Of course, these cave-dwelling insects do appear to have the opposite
of
what's expected, but if you're talking about "outer" organs, it's
"penis"
and "vulva."
Well, my main concern when writing the subject line and content
was avoiding any word that might cause the message to be blocked. :-)
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote:
Males that have vaginas and females that have penises have been
discovered in an insect species. See:
http://www.livescience.com/44906-female-insect-with-penis-found.html
Perhaps the most astounding statement in the above article is:
|During copulation, which lasts a whopping 40 to 70 hours, the
|females
insert their gynosomes into the male organs. The intricate |female
organs
collect sperm capsules from the males.
Going 40-70 hours at a time? How many times in a lifetime do
they do this?
The original journal article can be accessed here:
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2814%2900314-5
Warning: Graphic image of bug-on-bug action
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