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(68,644 posts)Facts!
Chan790
(20,176 posts)The genus Anatidae which includes ducks, geese and swans are one of the few genii of birds to have penises. Most birds have cloacae (uniform sex-organ openings common to both genders that contain organs for copulation, defecation and urination) and breed by the male mounting the female and shoving their cloacae together.
Ducks have the largest penises among all birds.
Most Anatidae are only capable of breeding on the water for physiological reasons.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I learn so much on the DU!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)for just knowing that!..........
BainsBane
(53,055 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I mean, how could a tailor accommodate an appendage like that?
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)I learned that lesson the hard way.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)Yep.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)of seeing a tapir mating in progress at the SF Zoo. It literally stopped me dead in my tracks. To say it was equally mesmerizing and horrifying would be an understatement.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I can't imagine. The physical dynamics of such an act.
When just a couple of skinny corkscrew inches can accomplish the same task.
The poor beasts.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)give me nightmares. The weirdest thing about the tapir penis was not the size but its dexterity -- it looked as if it were a sock puppet with an arm in it! Nature sure is some freaky ass shit. Gotta love it.
trof
(54,256 posts)Science!
trof
(54,256 posts)I can't.
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Not
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)I'm lookin' to find me a 45 minute pig!
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Either that, or a bonobo monkey.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)Which is more desirable?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Makes me wish I were a lion.
Brilliant!
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)Bucky
(54,041 posts)I can only say "I wish!"
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)oh, never mind.
olddots
(10,237 posts)I could believe democrats ,but republicans ?
pink-o
(4,056 posts)Bad enough that He didn't give us wings. Nor the ability to gorge in October, sleep thru the winter and wake up skinny in March. Now He lets a cloven-hoofed non-kosher animal get off for a whole half hour????
Why does God hate humans?