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Taxpayer-Funded Duck Penis Researcher Now Studying Whale Penises
Free Beacon ^ | 4/22/17 | Harrington

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..."

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"That's one small step for duck penises, one giant leap for... oh, never mind..."
1 posted on 04/21/2017 8:10:36 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

Ahh ... so he’s moved on to bigger things.


2 posted on 04/21/2017 8:12:33 AM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: pabianice

Explains why the walk funny.


3 posted on 04/21/2017 8:12:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: pabianice

...Holy cow,... “Oh wow. Oh my goodness. It’s enormous...

What a joke setup..


4 posted on 04/21/2017 8:12:57 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: pabianice
this time one from an orca whale that was just delivered from Sea World to her lab.

man, that's going to be one REALLY angry Orca when he finds out what happened.

5 posted on 04/21/2017 8:13:11 AM PDT by wbill
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To: House Atreides

Correction: SHE’s moved on to bigger things.


6 posted on 04/21/2017 8:13:38 AM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Sacajaweau

“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.........


7 posted on 04/21/2017 8:14:39 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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I heard that once on her way to work she blew a seal


8 posted on 04/21/2017 8:14:43 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%fe)
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To: pabianice
$384,949 from the National Science Foundation, a grant that was funded through the 2009 stimulus package

Man, that trillion dollar boondoggle just keeps coming back around, doesn't it?

9 posted on 04/21/2017 8:14:52 AM PDT by wbill
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To: dsrtsage

Naw, just ate some ice cream.

L


10 posted on 04/21/2017 8:15:34 AM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: pabianice

Given the peculiarities, I’d think she’d go on to duck vaginas but penises seem to be her thing. That’s oddly refreshing.


11 posted on 04/21/2017 8:15:44 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: wbill

That’s quite a stimulus program.


12 posted on 04/21/2017 8:17:59 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: pabianice

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.....


13 posted on 04/21/2017 8:18:16 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Just saying...............

" 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....."

14 posted on 04/21/2017 8:20:25 AM PDT by wbill
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To: pabianice

Her duck research is pretty interesting.


15 posted on 04/21/2017 8:20:32 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: pabianice

Why are we wasting money on these ridiculous “studies”?


16 posted on 04/21/2017 8:21:05 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: RegulatorCountry

According to the article she did also study the female ducks.


17 posted on 04/21/2017 8:22:02 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Williams

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.


18 posted on 04/21/2017 8:24:25 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: pabianice
She must have enjoyed "Young Frankenstein"


19 posted on 04/21/2017 8:25:15 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: Williams

Well, at least she’s not a duck misogynist. Is it a corkscrew, too? The mechanics seem a little challenging.


20 posted on 04/21/2017 8:25:46 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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