If clam and ssd had a baby

[drunkguava]

"The geoduck (pronounced “gooey-duck”) is native to the Pacific Northwest United States. It’s the largest burrowing clam in the world and can live for more than 150 years."

...

kill it with fire



(link)

[elixirwithani]

yup, that's a penis

[drunkguava]

apologies

[leggomyeggo]

penis is hella crooked.

[TRUEPAiN]

Wow, I caught my ex with one of these... even in seclusion I'm still reminded...


p.s.

Can we get some more latin bread geoducks in here?

<3 t-pizzle

[Pancakes!]

O___O
oh god damnit .. stupid ocean!

[soccernamlak]

Originally Posted by Pancakes!

O___O
oh god damnit .. stupid ocean!

:/

[drunkguava]

Almost all of these creatures, which are also known as nudibranchs, are thought to be "simultaneous hermaphrodites". This means they have both male and female sexual organs and can use them both at the same time.

Bernard Picton, curator of marine invertebrates at the National Museums Northern Ireland, explained: "The genital apparatus is on the right hand side of the body. So two nudibranchs come together and one faces one way and one faces the other way, with the right hand side of their bodies touching.

"The penis from one fits into the female opening of the other one, and the penis from that one fits into the female opening of the first one, if you see what I mean.

"They are both donating sperm to the other one."

....
The act took between a few seconds and a few minutes, after which the creatures would push away and shed their penises, leaving them on the floor of the tank.

However, the researchers were surprised to discover that just 24-hours later, the sea slugs had regenerated their male organs and were able to mate again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21431678

[Kafka]

I'll bet John Bobbitt wishes he had a regenerative penis.....

Quite a disturbing read, guava

[Clam]

I hadn't even seen this thread.

Have yall had geoduck? Hellafreakin expensive and a little weird and tingly on the tongue afterwards but worth it to try at least once.
Gotta have it on ice, if they don't serve it to you on a mound of crisp cool cubicles collectively able to crush a wild Korean cougar then it ain't fresh and you better get yo $$$ back.

Relatedly, the "Bobbit worm": Eunice aphroditois




From 2009, edited down from various sources:

Aquarium staff have unearthed a 'giant sea' worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish. The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a sustained attack on the reef in a display tank at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium over recent months. Workers at the Cornwall-based attraction had been left scratching their heads as to why the coral had been left devastated and - in some cases - cut in half. After staking out the display for several weeks, the last resort was to completely dismantle it, rock by rock.

Halfway through the process the predator was revealed as a four-foot polychaete worm.

Staff eventually lured it out with fish scraps, but not before it bit through 20lb fishing line.

The tropical worm is capable of inflicting permanent numbness on humans with its sting.

Matt Slater, the aquarium's curator, said: 'Something was guzzling our reef but we had no idea what, we also found an injured Tang Fish so we laid traps but they got ripped apart in the night.
'That worm must have obliterated the traps. The bait was full of hooks which he must have just digested.'

Interest in Barry has been flooding into the aquarium from America, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Equador, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Spain and Switzerland. He's been on Canada's Discovery Channel, in the Washington Post, and has several Facebook fan sites dedicated to him. The Blue Reef Aquarium has been told that an American rabbi has also written a poem about Barry.
The attention is ironic because Barry isn't the most attractive of sea creatures, he's so ugly that staff at the Blue Reef Aquarium weren't originally going to put him on display. David Waines, the Aquarium Manager says: "Frankly we felt he was just too disgusting, but due to public demand we have now set him up in his very own - coral free - display, where he appears to be thriving."

David says he's dumbfounded by the international interest: "We've been inundated with enquiries and requests for interviews. One PHD student in Australia is actually planning a visit to the UK next year just to meet him."

Ben Marshall says Barry's celebrity status amongst marine biologists stems from his otherwise very private life: "They're very difficult to even see in the wild, let alone study, so the fact that we've got a large one in captivity is a good opportunity for people to have a closer look."

Eunice aphroditois in action (go to 1:00):
http://youtu.be/YpD8jWvYEHI

Allegedly, Eunice aphroditois is also called the “Bobbit Worm” due to the fact that the female worm attacks the male penis and feeds it to her young after mating.