Male nudity

DS used to keep ducks. Before that I didn't know birds had penises. They don't all. Sparrows for instance rely on proximity.
But ducks have long, mobile, brightly coloured ones. Pigs I think have corkscrew shaped ones - is that right?

I read somewhere that a spider`s is on it`s leg, don`t know which one!

number the mind boggles Perhaps the spider has seven spares...just in case of an accident

That`d be handy! Or not, depending on how Mrs. Spider feels?

Quite a lot of invertebrates produce gift wrapped packages of sperm which they insert "manually" as it were. Quite a popular method. There are pros and cons. Less messy without a doubt. It would also make contraception a whole lot easier wouldn't it. "Just leave it on the table and I'll unwrap it later darling"
There but for a quirk of vertebrate evolution...

I knew octopi did

And then sometimes they die poor chaps. Or is that the mother octopi once they have had a brood.

The mothers!

Ah thought so.
Do you think we have frightened the OP away?
I miss PoppaRob. I wish he would visit us more often. My favourite GN GD

I was hoping to provoke further discussion on the pros and cons of beautifully wrapped sperm parcels as a means of insemination - anyone?

Gift wrapped!

In the Bush Cricket it is called a "nuptial gift" because it contains a little nourishment as well. Chocolates maybe?

How would you know what Bush Crickets call it? Do you speak their language?

Course i do, Annobel. Rather sweet way of reproducing dontcha think?

JessM Who knows, perhaps in the far flung future, gals and guys will shun copulation. There will be sperm supermarkets stacked high with shelves of the wee packages bearing 'special offers' and two for the price of one tags...

Twins?

jeni

Brave New World. JessM.

It's call AID isnt it. Comes in a turkey baster or syringe and not a neat little package though.
I just wonder how humans would have evolved differently if we had always done it like this.

Strange tasting turkeys perhaps! Is this subject going onto the 'Oldie' forum as well???

I wonder what their reaction would be?

try em on masturbation .... tempting isn't it [little devil emoticon]
Actually a little devil emoticon would be cool. For when we are being a teeny bit naughty. Shall we start a campaign?

I'm all for it

And I suspect jing would be as well?

YEP!

I still want a snowflake! That's 'cool'.

Jeni - I'm with you for a moonshine.