Animal with the longest penis (relative to its size!)

You'd think that acorn barnacles would have a tough time mating, being stuck to a rock and all. Fortunately, they evolved the "longest penis relative to their body size of any animal." The Brown University evolutionary biologists behind Creature Cast explain it in a new video shot by postdoc Stefan Siebert. Professor Casey Dunn assures us that the clip, and accompanying post, is SFW. Unless, perhaps, you're a barnacle. "Mating when you are stuck to a rock"

• [Anonymous]

  NSFW!!

• [Anonymous]

  Who’s that knocking at my door?
  Who’s that knocking at my door?
  Who’s that knocking at my door? says the fair young maiden.

  I just got paid and I wanta get laid,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
  I jut got paid and I wanta get laid,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.

  What if Ma and Pa find out?
  What if Ma and Pa find out?
  What if Ma and Pa find out? says the fair young maiden.

  I’ll kill your Pa and fuck your Ma,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
  I’ll kill your Pa and fuck your Ma,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.

  What if we should go to jail?
  What if we should go to jail?
  What if we should go to jail? says the fair young maiden.

  I’ll pick the lock with the head of me cock,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
  I’ll pick the lock with the head of me cock,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.

  What if we should go back to jail?
  What if we should go back to jail?
  What if we should go back to jail? says the fair young maiden.

  I’ll knock down the walls with me swinging balls,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
  I’ll break down the walls with me swinging balls,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.

  What if we should get the chair?
  What if we should get the chair?
  What if we should get the chair? says the fair young maiden.

  I’ll lay a fart and blow it apart,
  Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
  I’ll lay a fart and blow it apart,
  Said Barnace Bill the Sailor.

• [lummels]

  wow. that one in the right front really is a player–poking everyone in sight!

• [Anonymous]

  Rule 34 on barnacles.

  Delivered.

• [InsertFingerHere]

  I wish I could do this at a movie theater.

• [annoyingmouse]

  Oh that ain’t so big. Just ask your mom!

  (In before all the other immature jokes.)

  • [arkizzle / Moderator]

    Curses, annoyingmouse!

    I had immature jokes to bring to this discussion.

    /bested

• [dancentury]

  Gah! My eyes! Such craven ludeness.

  Is BoingBoing becoming Space Ghetto?

• [bigfatgreg]

  Charles Darwin after 8 years of studyind and writing about barnacles: “I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before.”

  Penis envy?

• [Witteveen]

  Very hentai

• [sbarnes2]

  Boom chick wa-waaah! Sexy times in barnacle town.

  And here I thought it was going to be an elephant! lol.

• [spazzm]

  Rejoice, fellow humans, for we (Homo Sapiens) have the largest penis relative to body size of any primate.

  If you ever feel ‘small’, recall that an adult mountain gorilla’s erect penis is 3 cm long, in spite of the fact that a male mountain gorilla weighs about twice as much as a human male.

  • [InsertFingerHere]

    That guy in Trading Places locked up in the cage with the gorilla…. Eyes don’t pop out like that from no 3cm poke.

• [lakelady]

  All of a sudden the old song Barnacle Bill the Sailor takes on a whole new meaning ;)

• [sachin]

  HI,
  We all know that size some times matters so it was really a great post and i like to read it. Anyways keep it up and keep continue with your valuable thoughts.
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• [Anonymous]

  lol amusing comments. nice1 spazzzm.. don’t know if true though . comments as amusing as vid, moreso actually! Hahah!

• [Gary]

  Oddly enough, Tom Waits covers this on his new live album. He’s always been at the leading edge of science.