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Battle of the Hermaphrodites
Published on September 23, 2006 By Xythe In Biology
According to Science News, even when in the same body; the sexes battle for dominance:

When two of these small, speckled sea worms meet to mate, there's no taking turns. Each worm, 2 to 6 centimeters long, wields its pair of side-by-side penises like a weapon. One worm tries to fertilize the other by ejaculating anywhere on its partner's body, splashing it with sperm in a cocktail that dissolves flesh. After the brew eats a hole through the skin, the sperm work their way through various tissues until they reach the eggs.


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on Sep 23, 2006
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Everybody wants to be male, and nobody wants to be female," is Michiels' basic explanation. The species keep evolving tactics, some of them violent, to maximize fatherhood

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Thanks I would raher be female any day!   

Very interesting article Xythe



on Sep 26, 2006
Remind me not to stand next to a horny worm.
on Sep 27, 2006
... by ejaculating anywhere on its partner's body, splashing it with sperm


reminds me of high school...  
on Sep 27, 2006
Remind me not to stand next to a horny worm.