Good morning; a species of shark with a retractable penis that "resembles a spiked club at the end of a stalk" protruding from its forehead has been discovered in the Pacific ocean. It's called the Eastern Pacific black ghostshark and it's not something you'd want to encounter in a dark alley -- or, for that matter, the dark depths of the super-deep ocean, where it's been kicking around for the past 400 million years.
This sexy beast actually belongs to a little-studied fish species spookily called "big black chimaeras," which are thought to be the oldest fish on the planet. Douglas Long, co-author of a recent study that identified them, likens exploring the deepest reaches of the sea to Christmas: "You don't know what you're going to get, but you know it's going to be great."
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The female big black chimaeras must love their males to death. The penis being close to the brain, there must be some thought process involved in satisfying the female. The penises of other species are so far from their brains that in many cases, no brains are used, just pure lust. I hasten to say though that I'm one of the exceptions.
Posted by: Genghis | October 06, 2009 at 03:25 AM