Beastly facts on Valentine's Down Under
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** The Honey Possum boasts the biggest testicles of any mammal in the world, making up 4.2 percent of its body weight. If the same were true for a 75kg man, he would be lugging 3.15kg between his legs.
** At 10 months old a marsupial called a re-tailed phascogale, copulate in a three week mating marathon, that leaves the male so exhausted he can't escape predators and gets munched up.
** The shield-backed trapdoor spider lures her mate, copulates and then eats him.
** The Wongan trigger plant uses its spring loaded male organ to club insects. Its stamen pops out and bashes the insect and showers it in sticky pollen.
Enjoy your Valentines day everyone.
** At 10 months old a marsupial called a re-tailed phascogale, copulate in a three week mating marathon, that leaves the male so exhausted he can't escape predators and gets munched up.
** The shield-backed trapdoor spider lures her mate, copulates and then eats him.
** The Wongan trigger plant uses its spring loaded male organ to club insects. Its stamen pops out and bashes the insect and showers it in sticky pollen.
Enjoy your Valentines day everyone.
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