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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.
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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.
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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.
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'1st of April joke' was my first thought, too. But nope, I checked the Nature article, it's all there. All 42 centimeters...
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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). Posts: 383 | Registered: Nov 2003
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"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. Posts: 499 | Registered: Mar 2004
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who says it doesn't? I think we are rather ahead of the chimpanzee. Not sure about the gorilla though.
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