posted 12-05-2003 03:20 AM                       

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Shellfish has oldest penis

A TINY FOSSILISED animal resembling a cross between a clam and a shrimp has the oldest penis ever discovered.
We've named it 'swimmer with large penis'

The five-millimetre long ostracode, whose descendants still live in the sea today, was buried under volcanic ash 425 million years ago.

Yet details of its soft parts, including one described as a 'stout copulatory organ', are still preserved.

David Siveter, from the University of Leicester, said: 'The whole animal is amazing. We've got something we could only dream about.'

His team named the creature Colymbosathon ecplecticos, which is Greek for 'swimmer with large penis'.

The specimen was found in a deposit of Silurian-age fossils in Hertfordshire, where marine animals were buried in volcanic ash and then rapidly mineralised

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posted 12-10-2003 10:46 PM                    

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if they were the same size as humans, their "todgers" would be over 2 meters in length.

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Well im glad i'm not the female of the species, ouch