duck phallus

most random article of the day.

just read this paragraph:

When she first visited in January, the phalluses were the size of rice grains. Now many of them are growing rapidly. The champion phallus from this Meller’s duck is a long, spiraling tentacle. Some ducks grow phalluses as long as their entire body. In the fall, the genitalia will disappear, only to reappear next spring.

plus, the picture is sort of adorable.


caption: Patricia Brennan, a behavioral ecologist, examining the phallus of a Pekin duck.


and for the record, the image is named 01duck.xlarge1