Comments on: 1 shaft, 4 heads: The echidna’s penis. http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/ I just want you to love science as much as I do... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: How Chickens Lost Their Penises (And Ducks Kept Theirs) – Phenomena: Not Exactly Rocket Science http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-788 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:01:09 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-788 […] or a coat of spines; others don’t. Snakes, lizards and kangaroos have two-pronged penises, while echidnas have four-pronged ones. Mammals inflate their penises with blood; birds use lymph; alligators have a permanently erect […]

]]> By: pygmylorisreid http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-751 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:41:44 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-751 Yep. They exist. What a job!

]]> By: mayachic1 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-750 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:57:02 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-750 I never imagined that there were scientists whose job it was to manually stimulate an animals penis to the point of ejaculation. On some level I knew they existed, I just sort of blocked it out until now.

]]> By: Weird science facts: July — August 2012 | Skulls in the Stars http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-730 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:08:57 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-730 [...] July 6: 1 shaft, 4 heads: The echidna’s penis.  This post is NSFW if you happen to work with a bunch of echidnas.  (post by @PygmyLoris, with a [...]

]]> By: Friday Weird Science: Echidna ejaculation is a little one-sided | Neurotic Physiology http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-721 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:20:03 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-721 [...] Via PygmyLoris, who has also written about this amazing penis. His name is grumpy. Despite the penis, he's [...]

]]> By: Ian B http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-651 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:15:34 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-651 Nature is so intriguing.

]]> By: Monday Links from the Tenterhook vol. CXXXIII http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-318 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:01:58 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-318 [...] [...]

]]> By: Lord Snooty http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-266 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:00:13 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-266 Outstanding. In terms of sheer, out there, “God’s ‘avin’ a larf” unexpectedness, a penis with four heads ranks higher than a Higgs Boson. Is it me or is the little chap sporting a rather louche, Aussie grin in that photo? No matter, because science (plus your research) has, once again, been the highlight of my day. Many thanks, all the best, Snooty.

]]> By: David Dempster http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-265 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:00:41 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-265 ‘Only two canals’. LOL

Those female echidnas are doing just fine!

]]> By: pygmylorisreid http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1-shaft-4-heads-the-echidnas-penis/#comment-262 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:18:19 +0000 http://pygmylorisreid.wordpress.com/?p=533#comment-262 Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

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