A team of Australian paleontologists led by Museum Victoria’s Dr. John Long have made the discovery that a species of fish 400 million years old had a surprisingly large penis. Originally believing that the organ was just part of the pelvic girdle, Dr Kate Trinajstic remarked “We were surprised because it’s so big. We were expecting something smaller.”
This find will help scientists learn more about ancient reproductive systems and could potentially teach us a little more about — I’m sorry, I can’t go on. Yes, this is undoubtedly exciting news to someone, but I can’t concentrate because the referring article is full of words like “willy”, “clasper”, and “knobbly”. I’m giggling too much to write. Okay, hold on, lemme try again.
Today’s sharks have a similarly advanced configuration, which would seem to suggest at first that it’s the end product of millions of years of evolution, but since this discovery, perhaps nature simply found a solution that worked so well there was no need to change it. Using this new knowledge, scientists will now be able to take a second look at other ichthyological specimens in the interest of re-evaluating what they may have overlooked.
Whew. I made it through. You can’t blame me, really, I mean, come on … Dr. Long discovers a large fish penis? This stuff is comedy gold!
Comments
Nate
July 16th, 2009 - 11:52:03 AM
knobbly, eh? not sure, how i'd react if i heard my, uh, "long john" was referred to as knobbly. then again, i'm not an old-as-fuck fish.
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