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Sunday, December 11, 2005

 

Found! The longest bird penis ever

`North American scientists have discovered the longest bird penis ever – a 42.5cm organ belonging to a duck.

Dr Kevin McCracken of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and colleagues, report in this week’s Nature that they have found a specimen of the Argentine lake duck (Oxyura vittata) that has a penis as long as its body – nearly half a metre long.

This has extended an earlier estimate of the length of the duck’s corkscrew-shaped penis, which was 20cm.’




2 Responses to “Found! The longest bird penis ever”

  1. john Says:

    link to that?

  2. mrflame Says:

    http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_366856.htm
    its not erected though

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