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So, apparently male right whales are, er, extremely well-endowed. To the tune of 8- or 9-foot long (that's close to 3 meters) penises and nuts approaching one ton (2000lb = ~4.400kg) each.

More info here NSFW!

(The things you learn while watching nature specials on TV....)

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Date: 2012-02-28 04:13 am (UTC)
giglet: (Default)
From: [personal profile] giglet
8- or 9-foot long (that's close to 1 meter)

did you mean to say "3 meter" there?

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Date: 2012-02-28 05:48 pm (UTC)
foxfirefey: Fox stealing an egg. (mischief)
From: [personal profile] foxfirefey
Male right whales are also, uh, not above a little menage a trois.

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Date: 2012-02-28 09:01 pm (UTC)
foxfirefey: A headless unicorn from Diesel Sweeties. (headless unicorn)
From: [personal profile] foxfirefey
I can only imagine what it must be like to write that paper up for science.

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Date: 2012-02-29 12:42 am (UTC)
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The bit from the article that had me all o_O REALLY? Was the woman who was getting the dolphin off... that's just... odd.

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