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1. Explosive discharge in fungi and plants
   The very rapid release of reproductive bodies is perhaps most famous in the fungi, where several methods of flinging spores at high velocity have evolved independently.

2. Adhesive pads: from geckos to spiders
   In terms of adhesive pads we find they have a remarkably wide distribution evolving in at least four distinct groups, including members of the reptiles, amphibians, arthropods and mammals, with tentative parallels in sea urchins.

3. Baculum (penile bone) in mammals
   Ouch!! Gentlemen, fancy a bone in your penis? Seems a bit risky, given it could fracture during copulation. Even our near ancestors had such a bone. It has probably evolved several times, but what is its function?

4. Crustaceans: insights into convergence
   Whilst predominantly marine, quite a number of crustaceans have invaded freshwater habitats and even more interestingly a few demonstrate terrestrialization, effectively freeing themselves from their aquatic ancestry.

5. Penis form in mammals, turtles, birds and octopus
   The specific case of a penis with a hydrostatic structure, as well as an array of collagen fibres that allows both expansion and guards against aneurysms, has evolved in a strikingly convergent fashion in mammals and turtles.

6. Worm-like body form
   Man is but a worm, but so are many other vertebrates...

7. Burrowing: from worms to vertebrates
   Quite a few adaptations are useful for burrowing into the soil. So it is not exactly surprising that they have evolved several times...