The baculum , also known as theos phallus , or penis ivory , is something of a secret . show on to find out what it is , what it ’s for , and why you might want to fatigue one around your cervix .
1. THEY COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
Most manlike mammals have penis bones , but no two coinage ' are alike . They vary widely inshape and sizing . Some are spiked or barb ; some are twist . They ’re not proportional to an animal ’s sizing , either ; a gorilla ’s baculum is just a few millimeters long , but a dog ’s can reach three inches .
2. NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE FOR.
The baculum helps keep its owner ’s penis stiff , but the exact purpose is still unclear . Scientists have theorized that it might make it sluttish for a virile animal to head inside his partner . Others recall the bone may stimulate the distaff procreative parcel of land , encouraging her ovaries to release eggs . Still others say it could serve animals couple for long periods of time . The bacula of easy animals are unremarkably grownup than those of animals who are monogamous , so it may have something to do with sperm cell competition . A bush child thatcan mate for hoursstands a much better chance of becoming a father than one that ca n’t .
3. THEY CAN FETCH A PRETTY PRICE AT AUCTION.
In 2007 , the fossilized penis bone of a walrus was auctioneer off for $ 8000 to the companionship that launch the Ripley ’s conceive It or Not museums . At four - and - a - one-half - invertebrate foot long , the bone is believed to be the largest mammal penis fossil in the world . The last marketing price was in reality a letdown to the auction sale house , which think it could sell the pearl for $ 16,000 . " I ’m beaming it ’s go to a museum and not a private solicitation , " the auctioneertold the Associated Press . " It ’s definitely something everyone should see once in their living . "
4. BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY AFFORD ONE.
Even if your penis bone budget is a piddling more small-scale , you do n’t have to go empty handed . Taxidermists sell raccoon and skunk bacula on the Internet for just a few cents apiece . you’re able to even bribe them on Amazon , althoughbased on the reviews(“It is about half the sizing of a normal adult Procyon lotor gumshoe toothpick ” ) , you may not want to .
5. THEY MAKE LOVELY NECKLACES.
Raccoon penis pearl are considered by some in the South to be lucky charms . The little bone are also know as ringtail dogs , Texas toothpick , and Abrahams . Southerners wear thin them on necklace , keep them in their air pocket , and even include them inbridal bouquets . The style went Hollywood in 2004 , when Sarah Jessica Parker and Vanessa Williams were both seenwearing raccoon baculum earring .
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6. WHEN THE PENIS BONES WERE HANDED OUT, SOME SPECIES, INCLUDING HUMANS, GOT STIFFED.
Most male mammalian have bacula , but there are a few notable exceptions : lagomorphs ( coney and hare ) , ungulates ( deer , camel , rhinos , hippos , horses , bull , and giraffes ) , marsupial ( koalas , kangaroos , andquokkas ) , monotreme ( duckbilled platypus ) , elephants , hyenas , cetaceans ( whales and dolphins ) , and , of grade , human are boneless in the nether region . You will acknowledge that most of Earth ’s largest animal , let in giant and elephants , have no bacula , which is why that auction walrus weenie bone is the biggest we have .
7. NOBODY KNOWS WHY THE HUMAN PENIS IS BONELESS.
We ’re an outlier . With the exception of wanderer scallywag , all other primate species have bacula . Some scientist trust that our phylogenesis into ( generally ) monogamous animalsreduced competitor , which did away with the pauperism for the Father-God sex marathon which may be enable by a penis osseous tissue . Other scholars take a more metaphorical coming . A 2001 letter to the editor in theAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics , together with written by a professor of biology and a professor of biblical lit , theorized that Adam ’s Rib — you know , the one that became Eve — wasactually his penis bone .
8. THAT’S FINE. WE DON’T NEED ‘EM.
Clearly , humans are doing just fine without bacula . The human member can tighten up even without a bone ; arousal pool cue increased line period into the spongy tissue of the penis , where it istemporarily trapped . The increased pressure level creates an erection . And while the bone itself may be go , men do have a structurelikeit . In 2005 , a Taiwanese urologist discovered what he call a “ distal ligament ” at the bakshis of the member . Like the baculum , the ligament help keep the urethra open , which acts as a " corroborate trunk " and control an open pipeline for sperm . It may be that human never lose the penis os — it just turned into something else .
