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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Donna Lu

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

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Researcher Megan Folwell first dissected the clitorises in a death adder in studying snake genitalia. Photograph: Luke-Allen/La Trobe University

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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