Now THIS is the kind of research we need!

This one's gotta be greenlighted for a Nobel Prize!

Cutting a bugs' penis shorter found to reduce reproduction chances

Quote:

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers from the University of St Andrews and one from the University of Bristol, both in the UK has found, not surprisingly, that snipping a certain bugs' penis caused it to have less success in producing offspring. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Liam Dougherty, Imran Rahman, Emily Burdfield-Steel, E. V. Greenway and David Shuker describe their experiments with Lygaeus simulans bugs and what they learned through their efforts.

Well I for one am glad we settled that matter!

WARNING: Link contains pictures of bug penises!

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