Question

Give one example of animals showing self fertilization

Answer 1

earthworm is the organism which shows self fertilisation.

Answer 2

Answer:

Tapeworms are the animal showing self-fertilization.

Explanation:

Tapeworms are bisexual or hermaphrodite containing both male and female sex organs within single individual organism.  

Self-fertilization is characteristics of flowering plants, protozoans and many invertebrates along with bisexual organisms. The fusion of male and female gametes produced by same individual organisms is called self-fertilization. Tapeworms are considered as bisexual or hermaphrodite organisms containing both male and female gonads in their proglottid. Tapeworms have ability to be fertilized through self-fertilization as well as cross fertilization. Self-fertilization event could occur between two proglottid from same or different individual organism.