Article 66TEA Snakes have clitorises: scientists overcome ‘a massive taboo around female genitalia’

Snakes have clitorises: scientists overcome ‘a massive taboo around female genitalia’

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Researchers say previous studies mistook the organs on female snakes as scent glands or under-developed versions of penises

Female snakes have clitorises, scientists have detailed for the first time in a study of the animal's sex organs.

The scientists say previous research had mistaken the organs as scent glands or underdeveloped versions of penises, in a study that criticised the comparatively limited research into female sex organs.

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