New Species of Mammal Is a Sex Fiend

Monday, February 24, 2014 - 14:50 in Biology & Nature

The black-tailed antechinus is a shrew-like marsupial that gives its life for sex. Males of the new species, discovered in southeastern Australia, have sex for hours and exhaust themselves in hope of siring many offspring.

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