戀矢
戀矢(英語:love dart),又名射器、交配器[1],甚至是「愛情飛鏢」[2],是肺螺類部份群組物種身上用作交配用的交配器[3]。交配時,雙方會發射出戀矢插進對方的身體,以交換精子[1]。
不同物種的戀矢都有所不同,因此可以用以作為分辨物種的形態學特徵。
參考文獻
- ^ 1.0 1.1 記用蝸牛來作實驗. 2013-07-19 (中文(繁體)).
- ^ YouTube上的神秘高價食材蝸牛子醬的由來,始於5分40秒(繁體中文)
- ^ Barnes, Robert D. Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. 1982: 377. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
外部連結
- Davidson A. (Last updated 17 August 2007) 2007. The snail mating behaviour database (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館). Molluscs.org: The web page of Angus Davison. Data. (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) 7 pp.
- Lovebirds and Love Darts: The Wild World of Mating (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) National Geographic News: Valentine's Day Special Report, 13 February 2004.
- The Roman Snail: Mating and Copulation (Robert Nordsieck)
- A dart in the dark (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- Snail darts A moment of science.
- Love that love dart
- Cupid myth influenced by snails?
- Snail-Sex: How do they do it?
- The evolution of love darts and shooting behaviour in land snails (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- Love Darts in the Backyard (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- Shot Through the Head, for a Reason (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) New York Times, 6 June 2006.
- YouTube上的Video showing mating snails with love darts