![]() Response last updated by Terry on Oct 17 2016. ![]() How it got mis-applied to whales specifically is an oddity. After, believe it or not, a conversation with a marine biologist at Scripps, we determined that "dork" never referred to any scientific description of a whale member. About a year ago I had a bet with a friend regarding the "whale" definition. The phenomenon we're discussing isn't people using the word that way - nobody really does! - the phenomenon is people claiming that dork means "whale penis" on the basis of no empirical evidence whatsoever.Īctually, I believe the "whale" definition is simply a common, incorrect definition. ![]() Lastly, in answer to those who have tried to rebut these findings by arguing that if enough people use the word dork to mean "whale penis" then it's a valid definition, here's what's wrong with that argument. of Fisheries and Wildlife, John Calambokidis, senior research biologist and co-founder of Cascadia Research, Phillip Clapham of the National Marine Mammal Laboratory and author Richard Ellis (The Book of Whales, Men and Whales, Encyclopedia of the Sea, etc.) - all of whom told me they had never seen nor heard the word dork used in reference to a whale's reproductive anatomy - ever. In particular, there do not appear to be any marine biologists anywhere who vouch for this term.įor good measure, I queried several whale experts - Professor C. "dork" appears to be slang for generic penises of all types. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 ft). My conclusion is that there is no special term for whale penis, and particularly not "dork". The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Being the largest animal known to have existed, blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) naturally also have the most giant of penises in the animal kingdom averaging about 2.5 to 3 meters (8 to 9. This is an interesting one, but there is no reliable source that claims that "dork" ever was anything than a meme / hoax / internet-era invention. Nonetheless, few of us are accustomed to seeing such sights strolling along tropical beaches, so can be excused for stopping and staring. Conclusion: the term for a whale's penis is: penis
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