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December 08, 2006
Things About Nature I Didn't Need to Know
I am working on the Big Idea from home this afternoon. Since I'm doing some rather routine research, I have the television on in the background. It's a National Geographic show called Whales: The Dark Side and purports to be:
As decisively as wolves stalk the land, killer whales roam the seas. Highly intelligent animals with strong family ties, ingenious hunting methods, and sophisticated communication skills, killer whales are one of the oceans' top predators. Whales: The Dark Side visits the ocean realm of the magnificent killer whale--among the most feared, and until recently, one of the least understood marine mammals.
It really should be called Whale Porn: The Dark Side. I was innocently typing away when I looked up to see an entire pod of young male killer whales--all highly aroused--rolling all over each other in some unexplainable social play. I almost screamed aloud when a particularly aroused killer whale rolled over and showed the camera his, ahem, bulging manhood. It was APPALLING. Poor girl killer whales was all I could think.
It also made me rethink a King of the Hill episode where Hank is molested by an amorous dolphin. While the show was amusing, if dolphin erections are anything like a killer whales', then I can't understand why poor Hank isn't emotionally (and physically) scarred in subseuent episodes (and subsequent seasons, for that matter).
