425m-year-old penis found
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425m-year-old penis found
eh...was surfing news.google.com... this was one of the headlines.. an interesting read:
425m-year-old penis found
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
(Filed: 05/12/2003)
A 425-million-year-old fossilised penis, the oldest one yet recorded, has been discovered by scientists.
It belongs to an ostrocod, a tiny animal like a water-flea which is still common today, even in suburban ponds.
The fossilised Ostrocod
The fossil was found preserved in volcanic ash at an undisclosed site in Herefordshire, which was once part of an ancient ocean.
It shows a remarkable amount of soft tissue detail. Fossilised soft parts such as those reported in the journal Science by Prof David Siveter of the University of Leicester and colleagues in Oxford and Yale are extremely rare.
The previous oldest specimen was 240 million years old.
"It is very exciting," Prof Siveter said. "Here we have a beautiful animal preserved in all its glory, and with all its appendages."
An ostracod is only 5mm long and its penis can be as much as a third of the size of its entire body.
It has been named Colymbosathon ecplecticos, which means "astounding swimmer with a large penis".
Although there are older fossils with possible evidence of male features, it is unequivocal in the case of the Herefordshire fossil.
"It is definitely a male," he said. "That stout projection is a well-preserved penis."
heh.. call me Colymbosatho ecplecticos
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425m-year-old penis found
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
(Filed: 05/12/2003)
A 425-million-year-old fossilised penis, the oldest one yet recorded, has been discovered by scientists.
It belongs to an ostrocod, a tiny animal like a water-flea which is still common today, even in suburban ponds.
The fossilised Ostrocod
The fossil was found preserved in volcanic ash at an undisclosed site in Herefordshire, which was once part of an ancient ocean.
It shows a remarkable amount of soft tissue detail. Fossilised soft parts such as those reported in the journal Science by Prof David Siveter of the University of Leicester and colleagues in Oxford and Yale are extremely rare.
The previous oldest specimen was 240 million years old.
"It is very exciting," Prof Siveter said. "Here we have a beautiful animal preserved in all its glory, and with all its appendages."
An ostracod is only 5mm long and its penis can be as much as a third of the size of its entire body.
It has been named Colymbosathon ecplecticos, which means "astounding swimmer with a large penis".
Although there are older fossils with possible evidence of male features, it is unequivocal in the case of the Herefordshire fossil.
"It is definitely a male," he said. "That stout projection is a well-preserved penis."
heh.. call me Colymbosatho ecplecticos
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Originally posted by DB7 2.0
you search for the weirdest shit online :eh:
you search for the weirdest shit online :eh:
that was one of the headlines for yahoo news i think
and nightshade, we can carbon date things that are billions of years old accurately
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Originally posted by 99civic_love
that was one of the headlines for yahoo news i think
and nightshade, we can carbon date things that are billions of years old accurately
that was one of the headlines for yahoo news i think
and nightshade, we can carbon date things that are billions of years old accurately
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Originally posted by Nightshade
How do we know if its accurate if the only way to tell is through carbon dating...I don't buy that crap at all.
How do we know if its accurate if the only way to tell is through carbon dating...I don't buy that crap at all.
hmmm good point. i'd ask a scientist and get a good answer from them. i couldn't tell you.
that or a google search
