The flatworms “fence” using extendable two-headed dagger-like stylets. These stylets are pointed (and in some species hooked) in order to pierce their mate’s epidermis…

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    3 days ago

    P. bedfordi is exceptional in that it applies sperm onto the partner’s skin rather than injecting it

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      2 days ago

      fun fact injecting is called traumatic insemination, usually exclusive to parasitic organisms that mate like bed bugs, sea louses, and other insects.