Fun Science Friday – First Female Penis
Happy Fun Science Friday.
You did not mistakenly read the title, today we bring you the discovery of the first female penis in the animal kingdom.
Mating insects of the genus Neotrogla.
Photo Credit: Current Biology / Yoshizawa et al.
Yoshizawa, from Hokkaido University in Japan, and his team of researchers documented this phenomenon of sexual role reversal in 4 species of rather unassuming insects in Brazil’s Peruaçu River Valley. When insects of the genus Neotrogla mate, the female mounts the male and penetrates his vagina-like opening with her penis.