VIDEO: Echidna Sex Secrets Studied

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August 11, 2008—Scientists in Tasmania, Australia, have tagged hundreds of ant-eating Echidnas to better understand their reproductive habits—and the role of the animals' unusual sex organs. Warning: video contains graphic imagery

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