Curiously, the river krust
possesses both male and female anatomical features. One can only
imagine what this would mean for human society, were it true among our
own species. Would we dispense entirely with courting and dances?
Imagine the increase in efficiency, as we all dedicated ourselves to the
important matters in life. Natural Philosophy, of course, but also
industry and law. And when aged members of society needed to be replaced
by more vigorous younger members, one could simply engage in the
auto-impregnation process and produce the desired offspring.
Back to the matter at hand, while any given river krust is
fully capable of inseminating itself, it must also be noted that
reproduction does frequently occur between individual krusts. This
happens when river krusts live in colonies, clustered above and below
one another, such as when attached to a wooden dockyard piling. In these
cases, as one of the mollusks releases its fluids, they run down across
another in the colony, resulting in the intermixing of bloodlines.
