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Gaze upon a weird, wonderful array of animal genitalia as scientists have a #JunkOff

This article contains material that could be considered NSFW. 

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.

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.

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.

Well done, Science Twitter. You have amused (and horrified) us once again.

Photo via charlesjsharp/Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0)