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Published online 10 September 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010913-4
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Spare organ stands in
Earwigs' extra member caters for genital mishaps
The story of John Wayne Bobbitt holds no fear in the earwig world. These well-endowed insects have a standby penis to compensate for accidents in action, Japanese research now shows.
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