They didn't tell you this at Sunday School
posted by sooyup
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Daily trivia,
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It is interesting to know that most mammals have a penis bone, known as the baculum or os penis. The only primates not to have a bone in the penis are humans and - you’ve guessed it - spider monkeys. It has been speculated that Eve was made out of Adam’s penis bone, rather than his rib. This would explain why men and women have the same number of ribs, but men do not have a penis bone. It would also explain (if you believe in such fairy stories) why there is a scar running down the underside of the penis and scrotum, where the flesh would have been closed up. What happened to the spider monkey’s penis bone is anybody’s guess, but I really miss my baculum. And if I were to be granted an extra bone, I would certainly elect to have it in my penis. What a boon it would be on those occasions when the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. At least I now know what to say to Emma when I fail to rise to the occasion: If I still had a penis bone, you wouldn’t be here to enjoy it.