Yes, snakes have clitorises.

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ArabellaScott · 14/12/2022 10:47

'Scientists have discovered that snakes do have clitorises, shattering a long-held assumption that the females didn't have a sexual organ.

Research published [on] Wednesday provides the first proper anatomical descriptions of female snake genitalia.

Snake penises - hemipenes - have been studied for decades. They are forked and some are embedded with spikes.

But the female sex organ had been "overlooked in comparison", researchers said.

It wasn't necessarily that it was elusive - rather, scientists weren't really looking for it.'

Well, that is surprising to hear, isn't it?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63967778

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Frapped · 14/12/2022 11:18

I suppose to your average lady snake it's not really relevant if scientists found it or not

Were boy snakes finding it? That's what I'm curious about.

Circumferences · 14/12/2022 11:14

🤣😂 sorry this has really got me giggling especially "scientists not being able to find it"

RubyTrees · 14/12/2022 11:11

There was a combination of female genitalia being taboo, scientists not being able to find it, and people accepting the mislabelling of intersex snakes," said Megan Folwell, a doctoral candidate and lead researcher.

Hmmm...I wonder whether there other species where its members are mislabelled as intersex?

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ArabellaScott · 14/12/2022 10:51

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1702

'Female genitalia are conspicuously overlooked in comparison to their male counterparts, limiting our understanding of sexual reproduction across vertebrate lineages'

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ArabellaScott · 14/12/2022 10:49

Depends on the angle, probably.

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 14/12/2022 10:49

Snake penises - hemipenes - have been studied for decades. They are forked and some are embedded with spikes.

I can't see that going down well with a clitoris.

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