MetaFilter posts tagged with penis and biology

Selection pressure

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:49:29 -0800

Researchers have found that size does matter as it relates to overall proportions of the male body (PNAS link, PDF)

Sex crazed, but not too picky

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:33:00 -0800

Nature constantly engineers new and creative solutions to all sorts of problems—turning our stereotypes about sex upside-down along the way.

The duck's penis

chorltonmeateater — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:42:28 -0800

Carl Zimmer on the duck's incredibly long, corkscrew-shaped, ballistic penis.

My tale is rich with deep scientific significance, resplendent with surprising insights into how evolution works, far beyond the banalities of “survival of the fittest,” off in a realm of life where sexual selection and sexual conflict work like a pair sculptors drunk on absinthe, transforming biology into forms unimaginable. But this story is also accompanied with video. High-definition, slow-motion duck sex video. And I would imagine that the sight of spiral-shaped penises inflating in less than a third of second might be considered in some quarters to be not exactly safe for work. It’s certainly not appropriate for ducklings.

[As Carl says, video links are possibly NSFW.] Ed Yong has another good write-up of the same subject at Not Exactly Rocket Science.

Penis information

Brandon Blatcher — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:32:05 -0800

Possibly NSFW: The human penis, its life cycle, size and myths about it, why it looks like that, what can go wrong with it and last but not least, the anatomy.

Secrets Of The Phallus

hippybear — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:33:08 -0800

Why is the penis shaped like that? [T]he human penis is actually an impressive “tool” in the truest sense of the word, one manufactured by nature over hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution. You may be surprised to discover just how highly specialized a tool it is. Furthermore, you’d be amazed at what its appearance can tell us about the nature of our sexuality.

intimate

four panels — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:21:11 -0800

The BBC attaches cameras to the genitals of a man and woman. Sex ensues. NSFW Google video.

titboy — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:48:34 -0800

This news item turned out to be a hoax. Has Reuters been fooled again? I certainly smell a rat... (I know the original mefi link pointed to the BBC, but the BBC picked it up from Reuters)