• Jyek@sh.itjust.works
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      It’s actually a hemipenis. It’s a single penis with two heads. Forked like their tongue. It’s because they bread in piles and it double their odds of hitting a target

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      Probably to make mating easier, since they can protrude out on either side, rather than the snake having to reposition, or end up poking straight down.

      But genital shapes can be pretty weird in general. Just look at humans. Instead of a simple tube, they have a squishy plug thing on one end. They don’t even have a baculum to keep it straight, they just use hydraulic pressure.