Unlike most land mammals, whale testicles are not located in an external scrotum. Instead, they are located internally, within the abdominal cavity, near the kidneys.
The size of whale testicles varies greatly between species. Some species, such as the right whale, have exceptionally large testicles, weighing up to a ton each. This is thought to be related to sperm competition in these promiscuous mating species.
They’re called sperm whales because of the spermaceti organ, which is probably used to make them loud as fuck, and which contains a liquid which whalers mistook for sperm.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
I’m gonna regret this… so tell me about their testicles? Size of basketballs or something?
lime@feddit.nl 20 hours ago
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Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 18 hours ago
More like the size of a VW Beetle
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
They’re called sperm whales because of the spermaceti organ, which is probably used to make them loud as fuck, and which contains a liquid which whalers mistook for sperm.
fascicle@leminal.space 1 hour ago
So the testes make sound too? Thats amazing