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Polar Bear Penises Shrink—Are Humans Next?

Bristly, 1000-pound brutes willing to claw it out for females and whisk them off for a week of spirited shagging, male polar bears might hook up with several mates in a season. They are not the stripe of male to suffer from any image problems when it comes to, well, having the right equipment—not, at least, until today, when the Nunatsiaq News of the Nunavik region of Arctic Quebec—surely an authority on polar bears--reported that their penises are shrinking.

A photograph accompanying the article shows a woman holding 20-odd polar bear penis bones, which were found by a recent study to be significantly shorter in bears exposed to high levels of toxic chemicals. The findings, published last month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, adds fuel to concerns that a massive buildup of pesticides in the bodies of Arctic animals and hunters is causing environmental and health problems (see the story in Mother Jones). The issue may compound troubles caused by the bears’ loss of Arctic habitat. “Added to the stress of climate change,” the Nunatsiaq News points out, “this could be bad news for their survival.”

The same toxic buildup taking place in polar bears is happening to a lesser but increasing degree in the fatty tissues of humans--even in some places outside the Arctic. For the sake of our own mating rituals, let’s hope the global masculinity index isn’t going bearish.

Posted by Josh Harkinson on 09/01/06 at 11:33 AM | E-mail | Print



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I understood it had already happened - the US and UK political and business elite can have their psychotic behaviour explained by that lacking piece of anatomy. There would be world peace tomorrow if nature could improve this crucial bit of mankind.

Posted by: jim soler on 09/01/06 at 6:13 PM

I can see that point. As a matter of fact, I thought about ten years ago they were saying that 6" was average for male humans, but recently I've heard 5 1/2", which at the time I thought was part of a lobbying effort by self-conscious type A tycoons, but perhaps the statistic was just altered to reflect an evolutionary and biological reality.
The potential to reform the environment through the threat of diminished penis size is fabulous. I can see the tide turning when this news breaks.

Posted by: paul miller on 09/01/06 at 6:25 PM

next thing we know the bears will be treated for erectal disfunction.
dart them with levitra ... it will last 36 hours.

Posted by: Dr.Q on 09/02/06 at 10:56 PM

Now that their penis size may be in jeoparady, all those male politicians and CEOs will take global warming more seriously. It's perhaps the only think they think about before their wallets. Unfortunately it could also lead to the sale of more 4x4s as penis-extenders.

Posted by: Miniver Cheevy on 09/03/06 at 3:37 PM

Wouldn't a more accurate title be " Chemically poisoned Polar Bears suffer shrinking penises"?

Of course, that wouldn't quite get the attention, now would it?

I'm guessing this is not very scientific, with 20 specimens of bones determining this theory of shrinking bear johnsons?

Posted by: farang on 09/03/06 at 9:00 PM

Most women arrive at a scientific conclusion on poorly developed johnsons at around 20 specimens!

Posted by: peter benny on 09/04/06 at 3:29 AM

jonny

Posted by: jonny on 09/18/06 at 12:35 PM

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