A walrus's penis bone |
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Dean Showed Me a Penis Bone
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A walrus's penis bone |
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It's called a baculum. Lots of mammals have them; I think they are very small, almost vestigial, in apes, and of course humans don't have them at all. I am not sure why it disappeared in our ancestors.
It might amuse you to know that walrus bacula are sometimes used as clubs by peoples who find them lying around ... how's that for subtext?
(There is also a logical fallacy, argumentum ad baculum, which means an appeal to fear. I think the reason "baculum" is used in the name of this phallusy is the thing I just mentioned, which is its utility as a bludgeon.)
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