Abstract
The penis is the quintessential copulating organ of male terrestrial animals. The device was invented independently in such diverse forms as the simple intromittent organ of planarian worms, the two-way system of snails, the stringlike penis tube of barnacles, the individualized organs of insects, the rare penile extrusion of frogs, the double penis of lizards, and the few innovative birds that managed to partially transcend the crude expedient of cloacal kissing. The birds’ tentative effort to do better was confined mainly to birds that evolved from terrestrial reptiles to fliers and back to the ground again with useless wings.
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Maxwell, K. (1994). The Penis Innovation. In: The Sex Imperative. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5988-1_7
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