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It’s time to celebrate mother nature in the most beautiful way possible: by looking at grotesque photos of animal dingalings.
This week, the scientists of Twitter have been competing in an unofficial #JunkOff contest, tweeting photos of weird and wonderful animal genitalia. Scroll down at your peril.
Let’s start off small, with a slimy whelk dong.
This #JunkOff needs more inverts like this gorgeous #whelk proudly showing off what he got! ;) pic.twitter.com/PwSLP6dhXW
— Carina "Wear a mask" Gsottbauer (@carina_seas) August 26, 2015
Then there’s this porpoise penis, which looks like it’s pointing to the sky like E.T.’s finger.
https://twitter.com/MichelleNKlein/status/636686165492428800
This crocodile cloaca looks like something from the movie Alien.
Q. How does one examine crocodile genitals? A. Very, very, carefully.
— The HSI (@HerpSocIreland) August 26, 2015
Saltwater crocodile by Rob Gandola #JunkOff pic.twitter.com/TA6LFpvCLq
Meanwhile this python’s double-headed pork sword appears to be able to duel itself.
https://twitter.com/Rob0Sullivan/status/636512569071665152
This monkey’s eyes seem to be staring straight into your soul, which does precisely nothing to disguise what else is going on in this photo.
https://twitter.com/DanHoops/status/636512201830825984
Finally, these lemur balls have to be seen to be believed.
Dwarf lemur has the largest proportionately-sized testicles of all primates #JunkOff http://t.co/DYrvvPTqyB pic.twitter.com/vGIZZUy6A3
— Duke Lemur Center (@DukeLemurCenter) August 26, 2015
Well done, Science Twitter. You have amused (and horrified) us once again.
Photo via charlesjsharp/Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0)