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DO whales have porn?
They have 9-foot-long penises and can project mating calls audible through hundreds of kilometers of ocean, do they really need it?
They’re not pandas or Wilford Brimleys or whatevs, you know?
btw if you can hear the Brimley mating call deep in the wyoming mountains, please respond. the cockfights just aren’t doin it for him these days.
Sumatran Orangutan - Pongo abelii
Shortly after serving cocktails, the lewd vagaries put forth by the orangutan were unbearable, and he snapped at his once-close friend to shut up. Sig. Mancini knew that his decision to once again allow Pongo to invite himself to dinner would have dire consequences for his marriage. Marietta's soft heart would feel sorry for the poor ape, and Sig. Mancini knew he was no match to his former companion, in the ways of romance.
Il Gabinetto del Giovane Naturalista, Tomo Terzo. Tomasso Smith, 1826.
"A Student’s Dream.", R. R. Robinson, 1906
Medical students’ initiation rite of posing for a photo with their dissection cadavers often in humorous circumstances.
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whats that structure in the brain that looks like a sex toy called?
I don't even...what are you talking about? The whole brain? None of it? The brain stem? the cerebrum? I really would...actually, I'm not sure if I want clarification on what you're asking.
There are a lot of structures in the brain, but unless you're into squishiness, I don't think any of them would make particularly good sex toys. Just sayin'?
Condor Vulture [Andean Condor - Vultur gryphus]
Andean Condors subsist almost completely on carrion, and unlike some vultures, are not inclined to hunt and kill fresh prey. However, as the largest flighted bird, one can almost see where the fear of infant abduction would come about.
Arcana: Or, The Museum of Natural History; Containing the Most Recent Discovered Objects. George Perry, 1811.
"Desperate encounter with ferocious beasts"
I have as much clue what's going on here as you do.
Clearly it involves beating leopards with rifle-butts in an African arena that has transplanted species in it.
Hunting Big Game in the Wilds of Africa. J. Martin Miller, 1909.
derp lion: taxidermied for the king of sweden in 1731
This lion was going to be presented to king Frederick I as a gift, but it died. Since it was still a good amount of time before arriving back in Sweden, the body couldn't exactly be kept with the meat on it...the rotting stench of a 550 lb carnivore would have been way more than any crew would be willing to deal with.
So, what with the meat needing to be stripped, the hide was removed and preserved, the bones that could be saved were saved (about half were lost), and both were presented to a taxidermist back in Sweden. A taxidermist who'd never seen a lion - not in drawings, and certainly not in person.
With nothing more than skin and some bones to go on, this is what he came up with. You wanna see this weird freak? It's still on display at Gripsholm's Castle.
