We know a lot about the sexy bits of male cephalopods — ask about hectocotyl arms and spermatophores sometime — but would you be surprised to learn that we don’t know much at all about squid ladybits? Of course you wouldn’t.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Delicate flowers!
I’d hazard a guess that most squid chaps don’t know much about squid ladybits either.
It’s easier to study keys than locks.
Well, duh.
Who in the world needs to know anything about ladybits of any kind, other than whether or not they are servicable (given a truly meaningful definition of the term “servicable”) at such times as may be wished by those of us who cannot magically provide our own?
Alley Fogg @ 2: HA!