All you ever wanted to know about barnacle sex

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All you ever wanted to know about barnacle sex

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Finally, the truth about barnacle sex is revealed
Confounding more than a century of received wisdom about crustacean sex, genetic tests show that at least one kind of barnacle can transfer sperm without making direct contact via their famously extendable parts.
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