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White's Hypselodoris (Hypselodoris whitei) Madidir III, Lembeh.<br />
Two of the nudis are mating. You can see their genital in blue. <br />
I have just learned the craziest thing about how nudis mate: they are both hermaphrodites and dispute to be the male. They have developed a strategy by which they let their penis stuck on the other nudi (they loose it and grow a new one later) to avoid loosing the opportunity to inject their own sperm. You can find this cool info in these links:<br />
http://legacy.earlham.edu/~brickte/<br />
<a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02/12/sea-slug-amputates-its-disposable-penis-but-has-two-spares/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02/12/sea-slug-amputates-its-disposable-penis-but-has-two-spares/</a> Geotagged,Hypselodoris whitei,Indonesia,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

White's Hypselodoris (Hypselodoris whitei)

Madidir III, Lembeh.
Two of the nudis are mating. You can see their genital in blue.
I have just learned the craziest thing about how nudis mate: they are both hermaphrodites and dispute to be the male. They have developed a strategy by which they let their penis stuck on the other nudi (they loose it and grow a new one later) to avoid loosing the opportunity to inject their own sperm. You can find this cool info in these links:
http://legacy.earlham.edu/~brickte/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02/12/sea-slug-amputates-its-disposable-penis-but-has-two-spares/

    comments (2)

  1. Holy ***, that is a bizarre mating ritual, thought I've heard it all, but no. Posted 6 years ago
    1. :-D If you would like to read more weird and funny stuff about the animal sex world I recommend this book:
      https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Tatianas-Sex-Advice-Creation/dp/0805063323

      Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago

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''Hypselodoris whitei'' is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Similar species: Sea Slugs
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Sep 16, 2018. Captured May 20, 2018 05:16 in Kelurahan Madidir Weru Lingkungan I, Madidir Weru, Bitung Tengah, Pakadoodan, Maesa, Kota Bitung, Sulawesi Utara 95514, Indonesia.
  • TG-5
  • f/14.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO320
  • 18mm