You might have heard of vagina dentata — the mythical
"toothed vagina" born of male paranoia. But have you heard of the carnivorous penis-shaped worm known as Ottoia prolifica? This 505-million-year-old phallus-like creature actually had a throat full of teeth.
"toothed vagina" born of male paranoia. But have you heard of the carnivorous penis-shaped worm known as Ottoia prolifica? This 505-million-year-old phallus-like creature actually had a throat full of teeth.
Now, scientists who took a close look at the teeth of fossilized penis worms (or priapulids) have discovered a new species.
.
The paleontologist Charles Walcott first discovered O. prolifica in 1911 in the Burgess Shale, a geologic formation in the Canadian Rockies that contains fossils of bizarre critters such as trilobites and velvet worms from the middle Cambrian period.
Rockies that contains fossils of bizarre critters such as trilobites and velvet worms from the middle Cambrian period.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment
You only need to enter your comment once! Comments will appear once they have been moderated. This is so as to stop the would-be comedian who has been spamming the comments here with inane and often offensive remarks. You know who you are!