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As if Australia's wonderful menagerie of strange beasties wasn't already unique enough - with biofluorescing mammals that lay eggs and sweat milk - the delightful weirdness extends even to their nether regions. Take an echidna's junk, for instanc
The major blood vessel of the penis splits into two main branches which each supply two of the four penile heads
Credit: Picture: Jane Fenelon Scientists from the University of Melbourne and University of Queensland have revealed the mystery behind the unique reproductive parts of the much-loved echidna. In the paper, "The Unique Penile Morphology of the Short-Beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus", the team detail how the male monotreme's testes never descend, have no scrotum, and when not in use, their penis is stored internally. They also detail how the echidna penis has four heads, which are actually rosette-like glans at the end. Just two of the four glans ever become functional during erection a...
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Showing any signs of disappearing in nigeria. let's stay on the africa continent, where there are increasing calls for changes in how major atheletics events take place. one athlete who is currently barred from competing in the women 5 800m because of high testosterone levels, wants a third category to be introduced beyond the traditional mens and womens�* events. margaret wambui will not be able to run her favourite event in the upcoming olympics because of world athletics rules ? and in her homeland kenya she told the bbc s celestine karoney that it is time for real change — even if some...