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Who said scientists don’t have a sense of humor? A playful Twitter war, named #JunkOff, is raging between biologists and biology enthusiasts as they try to one-up each others' images of… animal genitalia, of course.
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Lindsey Rich just finished fieldwork in Botswana and sent me this contribution to #junkoff
@PantheraCats @BPCTcamp pic.twitter.com/NpqJ7OwAXg
— Anne Hilborn (@AnneWHilborn) August 26, 2015
Q. How does one examine crocodile genitals? A. Very, very, carefully.
Saltwater crocodile by Rob Gandola #JunkOff pic.twitter.com/TA6LFpvCLq
— The HSI (@HerpSocIreland) August 26, 2015
Burmese pythons appear to be able to do the YMCA dance with their man-tackle... #JunkOff Via http://t.co/LoFBGwaH4F pic.twitter.com/7UBFBWy8To
— Rob O' Sullivan (@Rob0Sullivan) August 26, 2015
But we think these biologists have missed a trick. Clearly, the most awesome genitals in the animal kingdom belong to the male vervet monkey.
Photograph by Brian Lauer
To get involved, simply log onto Twitter and search #JunkOff. Feel free to leave your favorite (if that’s the right word) or most unusual images of animal junk in the comment section below!
