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From: heneghan@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (joseph.t.heneghan)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: How do birds mate (at the risk of being too personal)
Keywords: Plumbing
Message-ID: <2918@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>
Date: 6 Nov 89 16:19:16 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I never really concerned myself with this until recently. A female
lays unfertilized eggs. If they are to become fertile, the male
must be envolved in a most intuitive way. My question concerns the
hardware and the method. Do males have penises like mammals, or
do they somehow spray the  appropriate area. The reason I ask the
question is I'm familiar with mammals and livebearer fish, but
never really pondered the issue of egg laying. Probably for most
of you, this is old information. I suppose I could have
gone to the library, but I thought this might be good food for
discussion and possibly a good laugh!
					Joe Heneghan