# Big Balls

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 10, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155 "2010-11-10T09:24:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/1 "2010-11-10T09:24:04Z")

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Apparently size for size the humble cricket has the biggest testicles in the world, accounting for 14% of its body weight.

[See here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11718029).

No one can tell crickets to “grow a pair” it seems.

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**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/2 "2010-11-10T10:13:49Z")

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Human equivalence is 5 Kg testicles!

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**Author:** ![GreenHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/3 "2010-11-10T16:38:42Z")

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\<insert obligatory AC/DC reference here\>

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**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/4 "2010-11-11T09:49:43Z")

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> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#):
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> Human equivalence is 5 Kg testicles!

I sense a Viz cartoon coming on.

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/5 "2010-11-11T13:06:15Z")

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Aren’t baseball balls bigger than cricket balls?

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/6 "2010-11-11T14:24:26Z")

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Jiminy Crickets!!! When you wish upon a star, your dreams really Do come true!!!

[You Tube Link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5CErsAxCDo)

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/7 "2010-11-11T16:34:54Z")

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I didn’t know crickets _had_ testicles.

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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls/560155/8 "2010-11-11T17:40:51Z")

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> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#):
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> Human equivalence is 5 Kg testicles!

Why did I suddenly get the urge to watch _Johnny Dangerously_ again?