# How deep can whales go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755 "2003-04-05T23:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755/21 "2003-04-07T00:59:52Z")
Cite, handy? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755/22 "2003-04-07T03:44:30Z")
I don’t know about total size, but I remember hearing on an Animal Planet type show that a barnacle has the largest genetalia in proportion to its body size. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755/23 "2003-04-07T03:55:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*Now, as for how deep whale shit is, you’re on your own. \*\* **Bryan** , we are never on our own. [The Master speaks.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_003c.html). Unfortunately, he doesn’t answer the question directly. ---
**Author:** ![Marduk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Marduk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marduk)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755/24 "2003-04-07T03:59:22Z")
I could have sworn that the biggest genetalia in proportion to its body size was a certain octapus that lived in the Arctic… but I may be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SandWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755/25 "2003-04-07T04:50:28Z")
I knew it, by the topic of the post, that this was about “The Core.” I agree with Shade, everything else is wrong in that movie, why worry about inconsistent animal behavior. The good news is that we now know what “unobtainium” looks like, and that it generates electricity to boot, And it’s an ALLOY! Okay, back to the dick jokes… My dick is soooo big, it has it’s own dick, and my dick’s dick is bigger than your dick. (from Drew Carry’s 101 big dick jokes) ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755/26 "2003-04-07T22:23:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Terminus Est \* > \*\*It’s twue! It’s twue! \*\* What a _nice_ mawine mammal! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755/27 "2003-04-07T23:33:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marduk \* > \*\*I could have sworn that the biggest genetalia in proportion to its body size was a certain octapus that lived in the Arctic… but I may be wrong. \*\* Well, I don’t live in the Artic waters, but… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-whales-go/166755.md?page=1)