Wet Dreams
Posted by Angela Caperton at 4/20/2008 8:53 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
I know it’s not every writer’s cup of tea, but I enjoy research. Honestly, you just never know what you might learn when you’re hunting up a factoid or the date of some historical event. I’ve dozens of story ideas I’ve jotted down while researching, and a few of those ideas are just itching to be made into a tale.
Recently while working on my latest novel, I needed a little more information about barnacles. Having grown up on a boat, trust me, I learned about barnacles before most kids learned that mice are mammals. For anyone who owns a boat or lives on the ocean, the Battle of the Barnacle is ceaseless, costly and ultimately, a lost cause. For those unfamiliar with these little marine arthropods, they attach themselves to anything in the water – dock pilings, the bottoms of ocean going vessels, rocks, hell, even whales! Their shell is thin, but very hard, and their “mouth” is often jagged and sharp.
So, off I go, Googling my favorite marine nuisance and wow, what do I find out?
Little ole crusty barnacles are sexual GIANTS!
Yes, folks, take note. Sometimes size can be deceiving. Barnacles have the longest penises of any animal, proportional to their body size!
You heard me right. These little marine bugs have penises that can be up to 8 times their body length.
8 times!
I know that little statistic sent some rather delicious thoughts flooding through my head, but oh, my word, not so much as the next little tidbit I learned!
Barnacles can change the shape of their penises to match the environment they’re living in. Calmer water allows for a longer, thinner penis. Rougher water needs something thicker to um, stand up against the surf.
Deep breaths. Deep, even breaths.
Now, the idea of a human male penis that is 8 times the body size of a man is…well, grotesque and creepy, but the idea of a man being able to change the shape of his penis is VERY entertaining.
Oh, did I mention that barnacles are hermaphrodites, but copulate with their neighbors, so these little crustaceans enjoy the best of both worlds.
Talk about wet dreams…
(Source: National Geographic)
Recently while working on my latest novel, I needed a little more information about barnacles. Having grown up on a boat, trust me, I learned about barnacles before most kids learned that mice are mammals. For anyone who owns a boat or lives on the ocean, the Battle of the Barnacle is ceaseless, costly and ultimately, a lost cause. For those unfamiliar with these little marine arthropods, they attach themselves to anything in the water – dock pilings, the bottoms of ocean going vessels, rocks, hell, even whales! Their shell is thin, but very hard, and their “mouth” is often jagged and sharp.
So, off I go, Googling my favorite marine nuisance and wow, what do I find out?
Little ole crusty barnacles are sexual GIANTS!
Yes, folks, take note. Sometimes size can be deceiving. Barnacles have the longest penises of any animal, proportional to their body size!
You heard me right. These little marine bugs have penises that can be up to 8 times their body length.
8 times!
I know that little statistic sent some rather delicious thoughts flooding through my head, but oh, my word, not so much as the next little tidbit I learned!
Barnacles can change the shape of their penises to match the environment they’re living in. Calmer water allows for a longer, thinner penis. Rougher water needs something thicker to um, stand up against the surf.
Deep breaths. Deep, even breaths.
Now, the idea of a human male penis that is 8 times the body size of a man is…well, grotesque and creepy, but the idea of a man being able to change the shape of his penis is VERY entertaining.
Oh, did I mention that barnacles are hermaphrodites, but copulate with their neighbors, so these little crustaceans enjoy the best of both worlds.
Talk about wet dreams…
(Source: National Geographic)
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