Count Bacula

Jan 13, 2009 17:27



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wandererrob January 14 2009, 01:38:39 UTC
There's a group specifically dedicated to this? O_o

Without any context for this research, it sounds pretty damn funny. I'm assuming this is rooted in some sort of comparative anatomy study, but nonetheless the jokes are practically writing themselves. :)

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alicemuggleland January 15 2009, 15:58:14 UTC
And was the Human species hiding behind a door when Bacula were passed out????

Based on the damned spam for 'little blue pills' I get in my inbox, t'was probably the Viagra people that HID humans behind the door in the first place.*harumph*

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boju January 15 2009, 19:25:54 UTC
The theory is that humans lost their baculum so that females of our species could select mates based on the visible health of male erections, the idea being that since the penis is erected with blood pressure alone a healthy erection means a healthy heart.

I'm personally don't see how this is enough of an evolutionary pressure as to cause us to lose a bone.

Other interesting features of animals without bacula is that many of the animals that have lost bacula are built for speed and marathon running, such as humans, horses, rhinoceroses, and rabbits. So the bacula bone may interfere with running.

Also, animals with a bacula can instantly attain and lose erection, and so they average much shorter mating times (most less then a minute). Blood pressure hydraulics takes time to attain and time to fade, and so animals without bacula mate for longer periods of time. This makes more sense as a cause for sexual selection amongst humans.

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leib_hussar August 13 2009, 20:34:22 UTC
Very interestingly!

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