Sentences with phrase «penis bone»
The phrase "penis bone" refers to a bone that some animals have in their reproductive organs to help with mating. It is not present in humans. Full definition
This Hebrew scholar goes on to say that the word refers to the missing penis bone.
redeeminggod.com
Polar bear penis bones are shrinking in Eastern Greenland, according to Christian Sonne of the University of Aarhus in Denmark and colleagues.
In 2004, Steven Fergusson of the University of Manitoba in Canada showed that carnivores living in snowy environments, close to the poles, tend to have longer penis bones to help them be more competitive.
In his book, the Hebrew scholar points out that nearly all mammals and all primates (except humans) have a penis bone called a baculum.
This article appeared in print under the headline «Hard times for polar bears as pollution linked to penis bone»
Chemical pollutants may be reducing the density of the bears» penis bones, putting them at risk of breaking this most sensitive part of their anatomy.
Various mammals, though not humans, have a penis bone or baculum.
His team has also shown that bears with high levels of similar pollutants in their bodies have smaller testes and penis bones.
So even with our new understanding of its history, the purpose of the penis bone remains unknown.
The way it pops up again and again indicates that having a baculum probably gives some sort of an advantage — but perplexingly, the groups in which the penis bone evolved don't seem to have anything in common, according to the study in Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Why gaining, or losing, a penis bone is advantageous remains an open question.
In a new study published in Environmental Research, scientists examined samples of the penis bone — a bone called the baculum that allows some mammals to have longer, more successful mating sessions — to see if environmental pollutants might be effecting their density.
According to UK researchers, the reproductive organs of male otters have been shrinking, or more precisely, the penis bone known as the baculum has lost both size and weight.
I've not written much about this subpopulation before but with the flurry of interest over «weakened» penis bones and toxic chemicals, I thought it was time to remedy the situation.