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Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :

You might not want to click this, but it's not that bad

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

I really can't believe they put this statement in the article:

quote:
The authors write that this species is "promiscuous and boisterous in their sexual activity", which means that there is likely to be stiff competition by drakes to be the father of ducklings.

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

::refuses innappropriate puns that are sure to follow::

Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :

That must make landing pretty nerve-racking.

Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :

Also flying over telephone wires.

Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :

If that duck ever accidentally ingested Viagra, it would be an accident waiting to happen.

Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :

I know the date's all wrong, but this has all the marks of an April Fool's joke.

But that could just be my paranoia talking, after reading an article about the 100 best April Fool's jokes of all time.

Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :

And I thought MINE was extroardinarily big. [Wink]

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

It's not a joke.

Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :

you get that up, and its just gonna collapse due to gravity. No way thats worth it man. I get an erection, I want to be able to use it... poor duck. He probably can barely swim.

Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :

quote:
the male Argentine lake duck spends most of its time on the water

Maybe his wife got him a Popeil Pocket Fisherman for Christmas.

Posted by Sal (Member # 3758) on :

'1st of April joke' was my first thought, too. But nope, I checked the Nature article, it's all there. All 42 centimeters...

Posted by skrika03 (Member # 5930) on :

quote:
"Our best guess is that the birds use [the long penis] as a kind of lasso," McCracken said. "The males have to chase the females, and even during copulation the females are trying to escape."

(From the National Geographic article). [Angst]

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

Maybe if they just bought them dinner first.

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

[ROFL]

(You are the master comedienne Ralphie.)

Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :

::bump::

"McCracken and his colleagues don't discount the idea that sexual selection—female preference for a longer penis—has played a role in the development of the Argentine duck's very long penis."
My god, if this only worked in OUR world.
[Evil Laugh]

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

who says it doesn't? I think we are rather ahead of the chimpanzee. Not sure about the gorilla though.

Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :

Hmmm.... good point.

Think harder ladies!!!!

edit: no pun intended.

[ April 03, 2004, 09:28 AM: Message edited by: foundling ]