Male Walruses Got It Goin’ On
by Live Science staff
Male walruses grab the attention of ice-lying females with loud vocalizations, including underwater bell-like sounds, clicks and pulses, as well as teeth-clacking and whistles above the surface. In this polygynous society, males defend a large harem of females that join him underwater for copulation. To keep up with so much water romping, the bulky bulls are equipped with a penis bone called a baculum, which extends up to 30 inches — the longest of any living mammal.
(via: Live Science)
(image: Phil Alatalo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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See? This, this is why walruses are on my extinction list. Along with almost all other animals apparently.
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Holy shit… That’s almost three feet long!
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