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ever wondered how certain creatures propagate?

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Barnacles for instance?

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 477
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    Hahahaha:

    "Barnacles can radically change the size and shape of their penises to fight the waves and have sex.
    Here is the challenge for the tiny hard bodies: Barnacles want to mate but are permanently bound to whatever rock or hull they once latched onto. Given that, they have evolved the longest penises of any creature for their size — up to eight times their body length — to seek out and have sex with their neighbors. (Most barnacles are hermaphrodites that alternate between male and female sexes over time.)
    But large penises can be a problem, what with waves crashing down on the surfaces where these crustaceans often dwell. A too-long penis could flop around uselessly in such turbulence, drastically cutting down a barnacle's chances for procreation."

    Now we know that size does matter!
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    somerset foxsomerset fox Posts: 728
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    Every time I tune into The Jeremy Kyle show and see an obnoxious, fat, ugly female who has a brood of ugly little ankle biters, demanding a DNA test off the feckless, drug dealing smack head of a boyfriend, I ask my self how the act of 'union' came about! Or rather I don't ask, as the thought would sear my brain and make me sick...
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    McMahauldMcMahauld Posts: 1,257
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    somerset fox wrote: »
    Every time I tune into The Jeremy Kyle show and see an obnoxious, fat, ugly female who has a brood of ugly little ankle biters, demanding a DNA test off the feckless, drug dealing smack head of a boyfriend, I ask my self how the act of 'union' came about! Or rather I don't ask, as the thought would sear my brain and make me sick...

    "So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female."...

    ...comes to mind.
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    jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    fender101 wrote: »
    Barnacles for instance?

    No, not really. As long as they don't stick to the bottom of the boat you are using. That's where anti-fouling (a paint you apply to the bottom of a boat below or just above the water line) plays its part.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fouling_paint
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    MintMint Posts: 2,192
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    Giraffes
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    tanstaafltanstaafl Posts: 22,310
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    Strange, no mention of hedgehogs yet.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    tanstaafl wrote: »
    Strange, no mention of hedgehogs yet.
    I remember it being covered on QI.

    The female lays it's quills flat so the male can hop on but the quills are very slippy and the male has to bite the neck of the female to hold on.

    Possibly also something about a barbed penis
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    jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    tanstaafl wrote: »
    Strange, no mention of hedgehogs yet.

    I've yet to see hedgehogs stick to the bottom of a boat.

    Anyway, they are dead cuddly and should breed a bit more. Maybe.

    ETA. I'm a barnacle murderer with a paint scraper along the hull of a boat.
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    tanstaafltanstaafl Posts: 22,310
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
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    Possibly also something about a barbed penis
    But how does he get the barbed penis out? Wouldn't there be some sort of ratchet action. Penis goes forward and barb disengages. Hedgehog slips back a little and barb re-engages. So hedgehog can move forwards but not backwards. Result: hedgehogs rapidly become extinct.
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    nobodyherenobodyhere Posts: 1,313
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    For a moment I thought we were discussing politicians
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    jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    nobodyhere wrote: »
    For a moment I thought we were discussing politicians

    I know. We should really talk about how pond life reproduces.
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    spiney2spiney2 Posts: 27,058
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    an unhealthy interest in animals doing it with other animals. ugh. cue rhythmic squelching sounds. bbc sound effect catalogue lp record no 1869. english wildlife ambient sexual activity ........
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    jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    spiney2 wrote: »
    an unhealthy interest in animals doing it with other animals. ugh. cue rhythmic squelching sounds. bbc sound effect catalogue lp record no 1869. english wildlife ambient sexual activity ........

    We were talking about hedgehogs and your user name is spiney2. Have you got a secret to confess, oh prickly one.
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