If you like to tune in to TMZ to catch up on the latest celebrity sex scandals, imagine what you're missing by not watching Discovery or National Geographic instead.
The details of animal mating can be titillating, amusing, and just plain weird, all at the same time.
Here are 12 unusual animal sex facts, ranging from the permanent erections of alligators to the arrow-shaped "love darts" wielded by snails and slugs:
- Male Alligators Have Permanent Erections
- Female Kangaroos Have Three Vaginas
- Antechinus Males Copulate Themselves to Death
- Flatworms Fence With Their Sex Organs
- Male Porcupines Urinate on Females Before Sex
- Barnacles Have Enormous Penises
- Mating Snails Stab Each Other With 'Love Darts'
- Female Chickens Can Eject Unwanted Sperm
- Male Honeybees Lose Their Penises While Mating
- Sheep Have a High Rate of Homosexuality
- Male Anglerfish Merge With Females During Mating
- Male Damselflies Can Remove the Sperm of Competitors
