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Wicked Blue

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3. The male's genitals were "almost 20 percent of his total body size"

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 03:44 PM

Feb 2021

"Likewise, the male’s genitals seemed to be well-developed, indicating he was also sexually mature.

In fact, that was the one part of its body that wasn’t tiny, relatively speaking. The genitals were almost 20 percent of his total body size, which the team says would be needed in order to mate with the significantly larger females."

from the same article

https://newatlas.com/science/nano-chameleon-worlds-smallest-reptile/

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Newly discovered 'nano-chameleon' is world's smallest known reptile [View all] WillParkinson Feb 2021 OP

Aren't they just adorable. Love them. OregonBlue Feb 2021 #1

;-{) Goonch Feb 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #5

The male's genitals were "almost 20 percent of his total body size" Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #3

wait a sec! stopdiggin Feb 2021 #4

My thumb is 21mm (0.83 in) across, so quite near an inch muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #6