Sex Ed Essay Research Paper At some

Sex Ed. Essay, Research Paper

At some point during your youth, your parents probably took you aside and after several minutes of blushing and throat-clearing gave you the Reader’s Digest version of the birds and bees. (The folks apparently never realized that you had learned about sex in far more detail several years earlier from a friend in your preschool finger painting class.) But just what did we learn about the actual birds and bees, not to mention the thousands of other species of animals that share the Earth with us. They preen, they strut, they lure and, if all goes as planned, they have sex. You might be surprised by some of the following sexual facts and oddities concerning members of the wild kingdom.

Unless that kid in your preschool class already covered this material.

Warning: Some of these tidbits are not for the faint of heart. If you haven’t had the “talk” yet, you might want to be accompanied by an adult before you proceed.

Perhaps the most astounding part of sex in the animal world is the sheer size of some of the sex parts themselves. Were you aware that one testicle of the average Blue whale can weigh up to 100 pounds. You can imagine the problems this causes. This startling fact might explain why you almost never see a Blue whale wearing shorts in public.

Whales also hold the record for having the largest penises. A fact which they never fail to mention at parties, by the way. In large Rorqual whales the penis can be up to 10 feet long, with a diameter of up to one foot. Female Rorqual whales are notoriously cheery. Now you know why.

But bigger isn’t always better, necessarily. It is also interesting to note that insects hold their own record as well. If the largest animals have the largest sexual organs, it would follow that the smallest animals, insects, possess the most diminutive. While too small to be measured precisely, it is estimated that the smallest penis on the Earth is a fraction of a thousandth of an inch in size. Ladies, this will be welcome news to that insecure husband or boyfriend.

And now the answer to that other question on your mind. Which animal is the proud owner of the longest sperm. Oddly, in this case, sperm size is not related to the size of the animal. In fact, the longest sperm amongst the mammals is produced by the Chinese hamster (around 30 microns in length.) You might need to know that at some point in your life, though I can’t imagine at what point that might be. Perhaps this scenario will present itself:

Mugger: All right. Give me your purse.

You: Yikes.

Mugger: Oh, by the way, I’m going to shoot you.

You: This light isn’t very flattering.

Mugger: No, I mean with this gun.

You: Oh.

Mugger: But you might be able to save yourself.

You: And can I keep the purse. It’s the only one I have to go with these shoes.

Mugger: Just answer this question. Which mammal has the longest sperm.

You: The Chinese hamster.

Mugger: How should I know. I’m a mugger. And while we’re on the subject, how long is a micron, anyway.

The animal world is full of amazing quirks of nature. When it comes to the sexual anatomy and behavior of animals, new discoveries are being made all the time. (Except at 4:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.)

For instance, most species of creatures have two sexes (male and female, for those of you who haven’t had the “talk” yet.) But scientists found that a crustacean, Tanais, has three sexes. The single-celled Parameciam amelia has eight different sexes, and you can be sure that this dramatically increases its chances of finding a date on short notice.

Another of the astonishing twists in the animal world is the sex change of the wrasse, or Cleaner fish. A male wrasse will dominate a group of females, and if for some reason he should abandon them, the most dominant of the remaining females will begin to change sex within a few hours. This gender flexibility has many advantages, not the least of which is the fact that their propensity for changing genders makes the wrasse a highly prized guest on the daytime talk show circuit.

We usually think of living creatures as having the same number of sexual organs as we do. (Please avoid asking men in trench coats at bus stops for details on this subject.) But animals have taken some liberties in this area. There have been many documented cases of snakes being born with up to four viable penises. Females of animal species such as the duckbill and the spiny anteater have a pair of vaginas. A female hog can have as many as 18 mammaries.

But the most unusual animal in this category would have to be the ordinary tapeworm. In each segment of a tapeworm, there are bunches of testes and bunches of ovaries. This means that one adult tapeworm can end up with hundreds of gonads. This makes it extremely difficult for the tapeworm when someone walks in while it’s disrobing–it doesn’t know which part of itself to cover up first.

Let us move on to the sexual act itself.

Perhaps the most universal instinct living creatures possess is the one which drives them to reproduce, to perpetuate their genes. (A close second would be the instinct to eat far too much at an all-you-can-eat buffet.) But the fact that every animal must have sex to survive does not mean all animals perf

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