For a change, it’s the blue whale, an old character here at ME and which has also been pointed out as the most gluttonous animal and the one that poops the most. Not by chance, the blue whale is the largest animal on Earth, measuring more than 30 meters in length and weighing around 150 tons. The penis of an adult male reaches more than 2 meters in length! Despite its large size, it is relatively “thin”: it is 30 to 50 centimeters in diameter. The testicles of the blue whale, in turn, weigh up to 10 kilos. Unlike most animals, her sexual organ is not exposed, but hidden in an abdominal slit. “The erection mechanism occurs through the action of muscle fibers and not through vasodilation, as happens in humans”, says veterinarian Milton Marcondes, research coordinator at the Baleia Jubarte Institute. In general, the size of the penis of mammals is related to its size: the larger the animal, the more advanced its bilau. This makes the elephant, for example, the most gifted among land animals and the tiny shrew, the mammal with the smallest organ. See the gallery on the side for more details of these “penile curiosities” from the animal world.
BIGGEST ON LAND
Among land animals, the penis of the African elephant reigns supreme, rivaled here and there by that of the hippopotamus. The “weapon” of the large pachyderm reaches 1.5 meters in length and weighs 2 kilograms. Furthermore, each ejaculation of the elephant releases enough semen to fill up a football!
MINIATURE
Some species of shrew — mouse-like mammal — are tiny: they measure only 2.5 centimeters, half the size of our little finger. No wonder his penis is a measly 5 millimeters. It is small, but efficient: its litters can reach ten babies, which are born smaller than a bee
BIGGER THAN THE OWNER
The name says it all: banana slug or Ariolimax dolichophallus, and the “scientific surname” means, in Greek, “big penis”. This mollusk is a prodigy in the penis-size-in-body-relationship category. While the slug measures only 15 centimeters, its bilau exceeds 80 centimeters. That is, it is five times larger than the owner!