Barnacle Bill

Who knew evolutionary biology could be so... perverse? Five noteworthy aspects of this specific study need to be brought to your attention.



1. The linked article itself is about barnacle penises. Yup. You read that right, barnacle penises.

2. It points out that barnacle penises are, on average, eight times the length of their bodies. No "is your girl SATISFIED? or NOT due to your SmallD1ck?" spam for them.

3. Using the sentence "A too-long penis could flop around uselessly in such turbulence... ." in a scientific way deserves some sort of acknowledgement.

4. According to the study leader, they came up with the idea of studying barnacle penises "over beers." (How is it that the subject of barnacle dicks comes up while drunk?)

5. For the actual study, researchers "artificially inflated the barnacle penises with tubes and hypodermic syringes." I'm fighting that mental image. And now you are too.







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