Posted on 04/21/2017 8:10:36 AM PDT by pabianice
A leading researcher on a ridiculed taxpayer-funded study of duck penises is now using her expertise on orca whales and is going to the "March for Science" to protest budget cuts.
Patricia Brennan, a visiting lecturer at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, worked on the duck penis study that received $384,949 from the National Science Foundation, a grant that was funded through the 2009 stimulus package. The study looked at the differences in the corkscrew-shaped penises of ducks.
A recent interview with New England Public Radio revealed that Brennan is still fascinated by genitalia of various marine animals, this time one from an orca whale that was just delivered from Sea World to her lab.
"Holy cow," Brennan said when the penis first arrived. "Oh wow. Oh my goodness. It's enormous!"
"Although Brennan has spent 20 years studying the sex organs of marine animals, she's never seen anything this big," New England Public Radio reported. "It takes up an entire lab sink..."
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
Ahh ... so he’s moved on to bigger things.
Explains why the walk funny.
...Holy cow,... “Oh wow. Oh my goodness. It’s enormous...
What a joke setup..
man, that's going to be one REALLY angry Orca when he finds out what happened.
Correction: SHE’s moved on to bigger things.
“Holy cow,” Brennan said when the penis first arrived. “Oh wow. Oh my goodness. It’s enormous!”
This could easily have been said in a pornographic movie. Just saying...............
I know, the subject is not human organs, but, I made a quantum leap from organs of the animal world to humans.........
I heard that once on her way to work she blew a seal
Man, that trillion dollar boondoggle just keeps coming back around, doesn't it?
Naw, just ate some ice cream.
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Given the peculiarities, I’d think she’d go on to duck vaginas but penises seem to be her thing. That’s oddly refreshing.
That’s quite a stimulus program.
There was a grant for $1,000,000.00 to some guy a few years back to study the mating habits of the African Tree Frog...
His conclusion after a year of exhaustive study:
They exist...Therefor, they do.....
" Dear Penthouse. I know that usually this only happens to the OTHER sperm whales, but when a hot young whale researcher invited me back to her lab for some "experiments", I knew that I was in for a long evening....."
Her duck research is pretty interesting.
Why are we wasting money on these ridiculous “studies”?
According to the article she did also study the female ducks.
An etymologist should take up the torch to see if a certain slang usage isn’t originally duck-related. Come to think of it, there are others. Fascinating.
Well, at least she’s not a duck misogynist. Is it a corkscrew, too? The mechanics seem a little challenging.
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