The illustrated all creatures Kama Sutra






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Bdelloid rotifer Black vulture Deep-sea anglerfish Dolphin Fruit fly Giant garden slug Giant tortoise Giraffe Honeybee Kissing gourami Ladybird Mandrill Octopus Panamanian tree frog Praying mantis Red deer Salamander Seahorse Spotted hyena Stick insect			Octopuses use a modified arm in mating but it does not function as a mammalian penis as Aristotle thought. During mating, a spermatophore (a packet containing sperm) is passed into a groove in the male’s third right arm and then transferred into the oviduct of a female. This arm can also be used to remove sperm from her previous encounters with different males. During mating, octopuses may employ either male on top (‘mounted mating’) or side-by-side (‘distance mating’). During distance mating, the modified arm is extended some distance to reach the female.
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