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    Do any male animals have two or more penises?

    Question #114022. Asked by star_gazer. (Apr 10 10 1:17 PM)


    foosyerdoos

    		Only mammals have penises. And none have more than one. Although the echidna does have a penis with four heads.
    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12838-exhibitionist-spiny-anteater-reveals-bizarre-penis.html

    Apr 10 10, 2:21 PM
    star_gazer

    		Biologists on Wednesday reported the spectacular discovery of a species of giant lizard, a reptile as long as a full-grown man is tall, and endowed with a double penis.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/06/human-sized-lizard-with-d_n_527105.html




    Apr 10 10, 2:54 PM
    foosyerdoos

    		The story isn't as exciting as it seems. Most reptiles have a double "penis", but alas, they aren't technically penises. They are hemipenes.
    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterwedderburn/100033157/a-lizard-with-a-double-penis-so-what/

    Apr 10 10, 3:12 PM
    Baloo55th

    		"The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external sexual organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates." Quoted from Wikipedia article. Even barnacles got 'em.....

    Apr 10 10, 3:19 PM
    foosyerdoos

    		According to Chambers dictionary a penis is "in higher vertebrates: the male organ of copulation which is used to transfer sperm to the female reproductive tract and also contains the urethra through which urine is passed".
    http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=penis&title=21st

    Besides, surely a barnacles got a winkle!


    Apr 10 10, 3:47 PM
    Baloo55th

    		A link to something quite fascinating about what they get up to in entomology... http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/Series1Insect.html

    Apr 10 10, 4:13 PM

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