Do they use both at the same time? For pissing? For intercourse? For the third thing? Does a snake have a favored penis? Are they corkscrew or some other unusual shape?
I never thought I’d have so many questions (read, more than 1) about snake penis.
thanks for the info, ill definitely use it a lot
And so do sharks.
I love this twist on that: “Did you know that on average, snakes have one penis. Now think about it carefully”
Obligatory call out to Hank Green’s “The Fix” and his amazing fact-based intimidations: https://youtube.com/shorts/J8fmQ8E7rhE
Hemipenes (and penis/intermittent organs) are really diverse in terms of size and shape. A lot of lizards and snakes have little nodules and barbs that vary from species to species. Not sure what the ornaments do, but it’s interesting. Also interesting is that having two (i.e. one on each side) potentially means that there’s a handedness in terms of the preferred side used for mating.
Other fun facts about penises and other intermittent organs: cats and other felids have barbed penises that force ovulation in the female. Tangentially related are the pseudo penises of female hyenas.
More fun facts: damselfly males have intermittent organs that are spoon shaped so they scrape out the sperm of rival males.
Respond ‘cock facts’ to learn more about penises and intermittent organs.
Respond ‘stop’ if you don’t want to learn cool shit.
Cock facts!
All the wild rabbits around where we live have two as well. Happens apparently.
…all? Have you checked each of them?
What part of 3mile island are you on?
But…why?
Sssstrange thing not to have
Just making conversation
No. Why do snakes have 2 penises? Just in case one misses or something?
It’s actually a hemipenis. It’s a single penis with two heads. Forked like their tongue. It’s because they bread in piles and it double their odds of hitting a target
When you have two pensises, you don’t ask why, you just shut up about it and enjoy having two pensises.
Touche
Probably to make mating easier, since they can protrude out on either side, rather than the snake having to reposition, or end up poking straight down.
But genital shapes can be pretty weird in general. Just look at humans. Instead of a simple tube, they have a squishy plug thing on one end. They don’t even have a baculum to keep it straight, they just use hydraulic pressure.
and here I was sitting on my duck corkscrew penis knowledge like I was a well educated soul…
I see your “snakes have two penises” and raise you “kangaroos have THREE vaginas”.
Now I need to add a new nsfw “marsupial orgy” filter for when I’m watching pr0n (at work).
Hi, is this still available?
Not just snakes, most reptiles.
Also common in other branches of the evolutionary tree as well, as in most sharks.
Don’t echidnas have 4?
One dork, four knobs
Obligatory snake facts from The Fix:
