A REALLY big one...!!!!

(Absolutely amazing what you can learn from Natl. Geographic!)

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Barnacles Can Change Penis Size and Shape​

Ker Than
for National Geographic News
February 13, 2008




"...In the peculiar world of barnacle sex, shape matters just as much as size.

To cope with changing tides and a sedentary lifestyle, the gnarly crustaceans have evolved penises that are eight times the length of their bodies—the longest relative to body size of any animal.


Barnacles living in gentle waters have long, thin penises best equipped for maximum reach, the study found.

But those animals living in rough waters have shorter, stouter penises that are better able to withstand strong waves..."


"...Their penises have to be long enough to find and inseminate distant neighbors, but not so long that they flop around uselessly in strong waves..."


"...It's hard to get barnacles to extend their penises on demand in the lab..."


"...The researchers also transplanted barnacles living in gentle waters to rough waters and vice versa, to make sure the penis variations they observed were a result of the environment and not due to genetic differences.

The results showed that barnacles could indeed change the width and length of their penises to suit the wave conditions of their new homes..."


"...it's really neat to see that this aquatic arthropod is so flexible in the morphology of its penis..."



A bit more then I ever wanted to know.

 

um isnt this borderline pornographic? hahahahaha! TMI Omar!!!

 

makes me wish i was part barnacle

 

What part?

 

I once heard of something like this on a black market version of the little mermaid.... I've never seen it, I'm just saying I've heard of it....

 

Lucky son of a guns!

 

i agree, more like National Pornographic news huh, lol

 

No wonder my wife calls me Mr. Barnacles

 

Then you wake up and come to your senses and realize you where dreaming.....LOL