Sexual Nature exhibit looks at animal magnetism
Did you know the barnacle's penis can be 30 times its body length, snakes are doubly endowed and roman snails enjoy S&M foreplay.
Neither did we, until the Natural History Museum announced their Valentine's Day exhibition looking at the sex lives of animals.
The Sexual Nature exhibition which will run from now until October offers a surprising exploration of the bizarre world of animal sex.
Bosses say it's the museum's first adult exhibition - aimed at over 16s - and shows that "anything goes in the animal kingdom."
It sounds to us like the ideal place to take your date this Valentine's Day… as long as they like discussing promiscuous chimps and looking at stuffed animals doing it.
Tate Greenhalgh, Interpretation Developer at the NHM, said "At the heart of the exhibition are real specimens from the Museum’s vast scientific collections, many of which are on display for the first time.
"The huge variety of specimens show the diversity of wonderful adaptations animals have evolved to get ahead in the mating game such as snail love darts and the detachable penis of the paper nautilus.
Neither did we, until the Natural History Museum announced their Valentine's Day exhibition looking at the sex lives of animals.
The Sexual Nature exhibition which will run from now until October offers a surprising exploration of the bizarre world of animal sex.
Bosses say it's the museum's first adult exhibition - aimed at over 16s - and shows that "anything goes in the animal kingdom."
It sounds to us like the ideal place to take your date this Valentine's Day… as long as they like discussing promiscuous chimps and looking at stuffed animals doing it.
"The huge variety of specimens show the diversity of wonderful adaptations animals have evolved to get ahead in the mating game such as snail love darts and the detachable penis of the paper nautilus.