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Sea slug loses penis after sex but grows another the next day

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Invertebrate may discard organ like a dirty needle to avoid carrying competitors' sperm.

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  1. Sekizawa, A., Seki, S., Tokuzato, M., Shiga, S. & Nakashima, Y. Biol. Lett. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.1150 (2013).

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Kaplan, M. Sea slug loses penis after sex but grows another the next day. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.12421

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