August 27, 2007: Fossilized walrus penis bone auctioned

Undertoad • Aug 27, 2007 1:32 pm
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I like the title of this IotD, because after the first word, each subsequent word makes it more and more suitable to be IotD. You knew it could an IotD by the word walrus, but at the word penis it was ensured, at bone it was passing into some kind of perfect IotD zone and when it was finally auctioned, well that's just icing on the cake, or something.

Anyway, the four-and-a-half foot long item, which does not require a bucket, sold for $8000 which was less than they thought it would go for.

4.5 feet long! Ancient walruses were packing! But it didn't keep the species alive, so having a big'un maybe isn't the perfect way to ensure getting some:

The fossilized baculum, or penis bone, is from a species of walrus that went extinct 12,000 years ago. It was found preserved in permafrost in northern Siberia.

The auction house said it was believed to be the largest known mammal penis fossil.

"I'm glad it's going to a museum and not a private collection" so it can on public display, Chait said. "It's definitely something everyone should see once in their life."
Now I've seen it in pics, I don't really need to see it in real life.

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DanaC • Aug 27, 2007 1:39 pm
Disturbingly, it looks moe like a long tongue...
spudcon • Aug 27, 2007 1:40 pm
With a hook on the end? Thats gotta hurt!
monster • Aug 27, 2007 1:51 pm
Is that bigger than a whale penis?
Shawnee123 • Aug 27, 2007 1:53 pm
DO NOT WANT!
runswithknives • Aug 27, 2007 2:06 pm
Not sure if i like the look on that guys face. Note the slight eyebrow raise. He's getting ideas.. *wink wink* *nudge nudge* If you're picking up what im throwing down.
Sheldonrs • Aug 27, 2007 2:12 pm
Lube me up boys! It's going in!
smurfalicious • Aug 27, 2007 2:18 pm
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye.
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl and let your Knickers down.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,
goo goo g'joob
Spexxvet • Aug 27, 2007 2:41 pm
The fossil was purchased by a woman in a COTWP teeshirt, who goes by the title "High Preistess Wolf". "Close enough" she was heard mumbling as she paid the bill in pennies.
jester • Aug 27, 2007 3:29 pm
At the mention of whale.... I had to add this. If this has been posted before, my apologies.

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Sheldonrs • Aug 27, 2007 3:47 pm
jester;378995 wrote:
At the mention of whale.... I had to add this. If this has been posted before, my apologies.

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meh, I've had bigger.
SteveDallas • Aug 27, 2007 3:52 pm
Well, I guess now we know what it takes to get Sheldon to come out of the woodwork.
jester • Aug 27, 2007 3:55 pm
Sheldonrs;378996 wrote:
meh, I've had bigger.


Wish I could say the same:p
Sheldonrs • Aug 27, 2007 5:34 pm
SteveDallas;378997 wrote:
Well, I guess now we know what it takes to get Sheldon to come out of the woodwork.


That's not woodwork, that's SCRIMSHAW! lol!!!
Sheldonrs • Aug 27, 2007 5:35 pm
jester;378998 wrote:
Wish I could say the same:p


Come on over and you can. ;-)
jester • Aug 27, 2007 5:50 pm
Alrighty then.
HungLikeJesus • Aug 27, 2007 6:07 pm
Excuse my ignorance: Penis has bone?
Trilby • Aug 27, 2007 6:31 pm
HungLikeJesus;379029 wrote:
Excuse my ignorance: Penis has bone?


What--yours doesn't?!









[SIZE="1"]hee hee[/SIZE]
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 27, 2007 6:36 pm
The Baculum is a unique bone found in the penis of most mammals. This bone aids in copulation when mates have only a short encounter and need to perform quickly. The Baculum is sometimes referred to a “hillbilly or mountain man toothpick” and can be utilized as a coffee stirrer. The largest Baculum in the mammal kingdom belongs to the walrus, which can reach a length of 30 inches.
HungLikeJesus • Aug 27, 2007 6:41 pm
Brianna;379034 wrote:
What--yours doesn't?!



The Baculum is a unique bone found in the penis of most mammals. This bone aids in copulation when mates have only a short encounter and need to perform quickly. The Baculum is sometimes referred to a “hillbilly or mountain man toothpick” and can be utilized as a coffee stirrer. The largest Baculum in the mammal kingdom belongs to the walrus, which can reach a length of 30 inches.


I almost posted something incriminating, until I noticed xoBruce's post. I guess I've never needed one.
Trilby • Aug 27, 2007 7:18 pm
HungLikeJesus;379041 wrote:
I guess I've never needed one.



So. You're a cuddler, then? :lovers:
HungLikeJesus • Aug 27, 2007 7:27 pm
Brianna;379053 wrote:
So. You're a cuddler, then? :lovers:


I would not count eternity in days.
mitheral • Aug 27, 2007 9:05 pm
spudcon;378968 wrote:
With a hook on the end? Thats gotta hurt!


Hooked baculums aren't uncommon.
busterb • Aug 27, 2007 10:06 pm
What? Ya'll don't have a coons dick tooth pick. WTF.
JuancoRocks • Aug 27, 2007 10:09 pm
I believe that could stir a lot of coffee at Fourbucks.:headshake
DanaC • Aug 27, 2007 10:12 pm
The Baculum is sometimes referred to a “hillbilly or mountain man toothpick” and can be utilized as a coffee stirrer.


When you get to the point of using animal dick to stir your coffee, it's time to wash the dishes or buy new cutlery.
jinx • Aug 27, 2007 10:24 pm
:lol2:
Elspode • Aug 27, 2007 11:32 pm
Kind of makes you wonder if the guy who graduated last in his class in OB/Gyn school ever gets his baculum confused with his speculum.
Gravdigr • Aug 28, 2007 3:51 am
I'm feeling VERY inadequate right now...But, dammit I've got the raccoon beat!! Giggity-giggity!!!
(note to self: try not to use the word 'beat' when referring to animal dick)
LabRat • Aug 28, 2007 10:22 am
OK, I have to know. Busterb has a baculum keychain. Bruce, what have you got to up the ante?

I've seen, and held, a buffalo penis cane.
wolf • Aug 28, 2007 10:43 am
I wanted the bull bag candy dish, but couldn't afford it when I saw it, and haven't had the inclination to look for one more recently.
Spexxvet • Aug 28, 2007 10:45 am
wolf;379274 wrote:
I wanted the bull bag candy dish, but couldn't afford it when I saw it, and haven't had the inclination to look for one more recently.


My parents have one of those. Now we say "where's the candy scrotum?"
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 28, 2007 2:02 pm
I've got the candy dish, but no bones about it.
smurfalicious • Aug 28, 2007 2:06 pm
I've seen a banana-dick or two in my life, but that, sir, takes the cake.
DanaC • Aug 28, 2007 3:49 pm
lol smurf!
smurfalicious • Aug 28, 2007 4:15 pm
Jesus H! I can't stop looking at it!

WTF - Is that thing for fucking or aborting?

::scraaaape::







What?
busterb • Aug 28, 2007 8:09 pm
I had photos, years ago I made at Dachau at camp while in Army. They had an oxen dick that they beat Jews with.
morie • Aug 29, 2007 5:18 am
dammit! i really missed out on this bargain. i coulda bought that thing for $9000, ground it up into powder and sold it to chinese people for $100,000 to increase their virility. and it's not illegal like selling tiger parts.
Trilby • Aug 29, 2007 10:04 am
busterb;379497 wrote:
I had photos, years ago I made at Dachau at camp while in Army. They had an oxen dick that they beat Jews with.


buster, that is one depressing bit of info there. :thepain:
busterb • Aug 29, 2007 3:04 pm
Hi-jack
Yes, Bri, but true. Here's a photo of ovens and the guy who talked me out of most of photos. Said I could always get more.
I'm thinking his name is Robert Hamblin?? From Greenwood?, Indiana.
Gravdigr • Aug 30, 2007 9:39 am
Wow. Way to bring the room down, there Buster. :whofart:
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