Poll of the Day > Thousands of 'penis fish' wash ashore in California

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Far-Queue
12/14/19 3:29:19 PM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50779461

Thousands of creatures resembling penises have washed up on a beach in California.

The pulsating creatures are fat innkeeper worms, or Urechis caupo.

Although they are a type of worm, they are widely referred to as the "penis fish".

The worms bury themselves deep beneath the sand, but recent storms have uprooted them and Drakes Beach, about 50 miles north of San Francisco, has been covered in the creatures.

"Yes, the physical design of the fat innkeeper worm has some explaining to do. But the fat innkeeper is perfectly shaped for a life spent underground," wrote biologist Ivan Parr.

There is fossil evidence of the creatures dating back 300 million years and some live for up to 25 years, he added.

Within a beach, the creatures will dig a U-shaped burrows extending several feet long.

Their more polite nickname - innkeeper worm - comes from this subterranean lifestyle and the tunnels they create for other animals as they burrow underground.

Several other species, including fish, sharks, and otters feast on the penis fish.

And it's considered food for humans as well. Urechis unicinctus, the species found in East Asia, is a delicacy in countries including South Korea.

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GreenKnight127
12/14/19 3:40:08 PM
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*holds back vomit*

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Mead
12/14/19 3:40:15 PM
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lol

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Far-Queue
12/14/19 3:45:52 PM
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Mead posted...
lol
There's pics in the article

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Mead
12/14/19 3:50:49 PM
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They look more like penis than I even imagined

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The_tall_midget
12/14/19 4:01:14 PM
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The ocean really holds the worst eldritch horrors.

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Lokarin
12/14/19 4:04:02 PM
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Oh, I thought it was the OTHER penis fish

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Far-Queue
12/14/19 4:04:44 PM
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Lokarin posted...
Oh, I thought it was the OTHER penis fish
Candiru?

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GanonsSpirit
12/14/19 4:48:00 PM
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I think he's thinking of the geoduck.

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Hop103
12/14/19 4:50:13 PM
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I wonder how delicious these fish tastes?
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Mead
12/14/19 5:43:53 PM
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Hop103 posted...
I wonder how delicious these fish tastes?

probably varies depending on how clean they are

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darcandkharg31
12/14/19 5:46:40 PM
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uncut wieners be like

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LinkPizza
12/14/19 6:04:48 PM
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Far-Queue posted...
Candiru?

Thats what I thought, at first...
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joemodda
12/14/19 6:06:44 PM
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Plenty of fish in the sea they said, just go out there and catch some they said

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SpeedDemon20
12/14/19 6:08:32 PM
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I'm at an aquarium today and it's one of the featured animals. I also saw this newstory yesterday.
:D

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