[PatrickHenry]

Late-breaking science news that may interest you, from Nature:
Size does matter: Prominent penis gives cold-dwelling mammals an edge.

My customary good taste prevents me from posting it as a stand-alone thread.

[VadeRetro]

I'm glad Senator Schumer (D-NY) is doing something for the cold-dwelling mammals.

[Right Wing Professor]

At last, we've explained what 'I am the walrus' means!

[Junior]

Walruses (Odobenus), however, which live in the frozen Arctic, weigh less, at up to 1,700 kilograms, but have a baculum that can reach up to 60 centimetres in length - one of the largest members of any mammal in both absolute and relative terms.

Brings up the old joke -- Why do Walruses have two feet?

[longshadow]

prodigious placemarker