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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7560391/Scientists-find-new-species-of-lizard-with-double-penis.html
The secretive but brightly-coloured beast, a monitor lizard, is a close cousin of the Komodo Dragon of Indonesia.
Unlike the fearsome Dragon, it is not a carnivore, nor does it feast on rotting meat. Instead, it is entirely peaceable and tucks into fruit.
Dubbed Varanus bitatawa, the lizard measures 6ft 5ins (2m) in length, according to the account, published by Britain's Royal Society.
It was found in a river valley on northern Luzon Island in the Philippines, surviving loss of habitat and hunting by local people who use it for food.
How many of the lizards have survived is unclear.
The species is almost certainly critically endangered, and might well have disappeared entirely without ever being catalogued had a large male specimen not been rescued alive from a hunter last June.
Finding such a distinctive species in a heavily populated, highly deforested location "comes as an unprecedented surprise," note the authors, writing in the journal Biology Letters.
The only finds of comparable importance in recent decades are the Kipunji monkey, which inhabits a tiny range of forest in Tanzania, and the Saola, a forest-dwelling bovine found only in Vietnam and Laos.
The lizard has unique markings and an unusual sexual anatomy, according to the study.
Its scaly body and legs are a blue-black mottled with pale yellow-green dots, while its tail is marked in alternating segments of black and green.
Males have a double penis, called hemipenes, also found in some snakes and other lizards.
The two penises are often used in alternation, and sometimes contain spines or hooks that serve to anchor the male within the female during intercourse.
The lizard has a relative in southern Luzon, V. olivaceous, but the species are separated by three river valleys and a gap of 95 miles (150kms) and may never have met up.
One reason that the new lizard has gone undetected, the researchers speculate, is that it never leaves the forests of its native Sierra Madre mountains to traverse open spaces.
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If I had two penises, I'd get laid TWICE as less!
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Icke was right
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Pics or I'm calling bullshit.
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A guy had 5 penises..his pants fit like a glove..!
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A guy had 5 penises..his pants fit like a glove..!
Don't quit your day job Sinbad
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Don't quit your day job Sinbad
I really dont have a day job...
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I really dont have a day job...
night gig ? don't start again with the bluw tacky silk shirt lol
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A guy had 5 penises..his pants fit like a glove..!
no worries Bob...I'm laughing..
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no worries Bob...I'm laughing..
As usual...I can always count on Jimmy!
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it wasn't that funny Bob....give us something else ... come on
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A guy had 5 penises..his pants fit like a glove..!
:D
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it wasn't that funny Bob....give us something else ... come on
Ok...help me out...two heads are better than one!
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must be quite a cocky lizard.
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Ok...help me out...two heads are better than one!
;D
The lizard is clearly bisexual
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DP?
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DP?
:D
For sure !
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A guy had 5 penises..his pants fit like a glove..!
Hollywood Knights? A very under-rated movie...
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If I had two penises, I'd get laid TWICE as less!
all reptiles have double gear.
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So Johnny was right about those reptilians all along then...
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The majority of reptiles are hemipenes.
Interesting that a large monitor eats only fruit, though.
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The majority of reptiles are hemipenes.
Interesting that a large monitor eats only fruit, though.
And still being able to grow to 6'5" with respectable mass.
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And still being able to grow to 6'5" with respectable mass.
A calorie's a calorie.
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If I had two penises, I'd get laid TWICE as less!
hahaha
maybe so.
but at least your right hand wouldn't be jealous of your left hand anymore..
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The majority of reptiles are hemipenes.
Interesting that a large monitor eats only fruit, though.
So you are saying that Kai is a reptile?
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The majority of reptiles are hemipenes.
Interesting that a large monitor eats only fruit, though.
Maybe thats why the reptilian/humanoids are rumored to be the gays of earth
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7560391/Scientists-find-new-species-of-lizard-with-double-penis.html
The secretive but brightly-coloured beast, a monitor lizard, is a close cousin of the Komodo Dragon of Indonesia.
Unlike the fearsome Dragon, it is not a carnivore, nor does it feast on rotting meat. Instead, it is entirely peaceable and tucks into fruit.
Dubbed Varanus bitatawa, the lizard measures 6ft 5ins (2m) in length, according to the account, published by Britain's Royal Society.
It was found in a river valley on northern Luzon Island in the Philippines, surviving loss of habitat and hunting by local people who use it for food.
How many of the lizards have survived is unclear.
The species is almost certainly critically endangered, and might well have disappeared entirely without ever being catalogued had a large male specimen not been rescued alive from a hunter last June.
Finding such a distinctive species in a heavily populated, highly deforested location "comes as an unprecedented surprise," note the authors, writing in the journal Biology Letters.
The only finds of comparable importance in recent decades are the Kipunji monkey, which inhabits a tiny range of forest in Tanzania, and the Saola, a forest-dwelling bovine found only in Vietnam and Laos.
The lizard has unique markings and an unusual sexual anatomy, according to the study.
Its scaly body and legs are a blue-black mottled with pale yellow-green dots, while its tail is marked in alternating segments of black and green.
Males have a double penis, called hemipenes, also found in some snakes and other lizards.
The two penises are often used in alternation, and sometimes contain spines or hooks that serve to anchor the male within the female during intercourse.
The lizard has a relative in southern Luzon, V. olivaceous, but the species are separated by three river valleys and a gap of 95 miles (150kms) and may never have met up.
One reason that the new lizard has gone undetected, the researchers speculate, is that it never leaves the forests of its native Sierra Madre mountains to traverse open spaces.
breaking news, all reptiles have the dual penis. its called a hemipen.
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breaking news, all reptiles have the dual penis. its called a hemipen.
Yes, but that is not the point. This is a completely different species recently discovered. It just happens to have a double penis, but this doesn't take away from the fact that a new lizard species was found.
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If I had two penises, I'd get laid TWICE as less!
lol