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Super squid sex organ discovered
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| 7 July 2010
Posted on 07/09/2010 1:58:21 PM PDT by JoeProBono
The mating habits of deep-sea squid have been revealed for the first time, after the discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis.
The male squid's sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body, including the squid's mantle, head and arms.
That shows how male deep-sea squid inseminate females; they use their huge penis to shoot out packages of sperm, injecting them into the female's body.
The discovery may also help explain how giant squid mate in the ocean depths.....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: calamari; cryptozoology; eleventhheaven; eleventhleg; giantsquid; hugh; kraken; napl; series; squid
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To: OnTheDress
LMAO..... It’s already there!!!
41
posted on
07/09/2010 3:01:34 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(God save the Republic.....)
To: JoeProBono
To: dangerdoc
43
posted on
07/09/2010 3:09:52 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
He was very popular with the lady squids.
44
posted on
07/09/2010 3:55:27 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
To: Proud_USA_Republican
Lady Squid Stuffing
Squid with steamed pork stuffing served with pickled garlic, fresh lime chili sauce, and pickled garlic sauce
45
posted on
07/09/2010 3:59:43 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
after the discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis
What the researchers failed to mention is that it's only the blacks of the species that are so... well... endowed?
46
posted on
07/09/2010 4:51:52 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: adorno
47
posted on
07/09/2010 4:55:11 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Slings and Arrows
If Admiral Ackbar was a Mon Calamari, why wasn’t he a walking squid?
48
posted on
07/09/2010 5:23:12 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(I've been told that I drive like a cop. I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult.)
To: JoeProBono
Joe, whatever that is on the sign, it's not a squid.
Stay out of the water!
To: dangerdoc
Dangerdoc-san, Domo Arigato Gozaimasu for Japanese Print.
50
posted on
07/09/2010 8:08:12 PM PDT
by
seoul62
To: Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono
...packages of sperm...All I can think of is UPS.
51
posted on
07/09/2010 8:18:15 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily)
To: Darksheare
Is this a Chewbacca Defense variant?
52
posted on
07/09/2010 8:59:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows
Super squid sex organ Poetic, almost.
To: llevrok
Now stop!
I resemble that remark...
54
posted on
07/09/2010 9:04:42 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
To: llevrok
Now stop!
I resemble that remark...
USS Ajax AR
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posted on
07/09/2010 9:05:35 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
To: TheOldLady
FedEx - it has to be there overnight.
56
posted on
07/09/2010 9:22:29 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: martin_fierro
Art is inherent in Nature.
57
posted on
07/09/2010 10:00:18 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
Hey there, ladies...
I was a Boatswain’s Mate...
58
posted on
07/09/2010 10:20:26 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: JoeProBono; reg45; llevrok; paterfamilias; RandallFlagg; Slings and Arrows
Please, no more sea men jokes.
To: JoeProBono; abb
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