# "Porn" on the Weather Channel website? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901 "2013-12-21T15:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/1 "2013-12-21T15:47:54Z")
So I’m checking out the weather on [weather.com](http://weather.com), and there’s a link to a video entitled “Yikes! Earth’s Ugliest Cannibal”. So, of course I click. Apparently it’s a video about giant horse cocks. Wait, I mean Giant Horse Cocks. Some type of snail (incidentally, I hardly think it’s the ugliest cannibal). I have no idea what this has to do with weather. BUT, it was highly entertaining watching the attractive Jasmine Bailey say the words “giant horse cock” repeatedly. With a straight face, I might add. I imagine it must have been hard (hah!) for the camera operators to keep a straight face. My inner 12-year-old couldn’t stop giggling. I checked, it’s not April 1st. I’ll spoiler-box the link since the words “giant horse cock” might cause unusual reactions among co-workers. [http://www.weather.com/video/yikes-earths-ugliest-cannibal-42315](http://www.weather.com/video/yikes-earths-ugliest-cannibal-42315) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/2 "2013-12-21T15:58:08Z")
It is Giant Horse\*\* Conch\*\* (/ˈkɒŋk/0) It sounded very peculiar to me and I was not aware that it was pronounced that way, I always thought it was basically the same as the “ch” such as “church” and “march” because Spanish is my original language. ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/3 "2013-12-21T16:18:24Z")
Well, that explains it then. Sure is a subdued “n” sound though when she says it. I had to turn my volume up to hear it. Much more funny when you think she says “cock”! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/4 "2013-12-22T02:16:28Z")
[Korean c(l)ock lady](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tHMvdBP2RQ) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/5 "2013-12-22T22:11:32Z")
Porn? There are people turned on by big snails? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/6 "2013-12-22T22:57:28Z")
Rule 34. [“Ask” and ye shall receive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSW9kWIRCOQ). Seriously, it’s a little kinky if you’re into that, but it’s fascinating. I’d dare to say that their penises are beautiful. But sometimes they get chewed off :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/7 "2013-12-22T22:58:42Z")
Guess their trying to capture some of The Naked News’ market share. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/8 "2013-12-23T04:58:54Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Porn? There are people turned on by big snails? 😛 Of course there are. Rule 34. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/9 "2013-12-23T13:14:35Z")
Not the same creature, but I couldn’t help thinking that maybe the Op was referencing Horse Neck Clams at first (it clearly isn’t). The “neck” part is a euphemism for another horse part. You can see why: [http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A0oG7n93NrhSgRIAFU5XNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTB0Y2traWUyBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA1ZJUDIyN18x?\_adv\_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-950&va=Horse+Neck+clams](http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oG7n93NrhSgRIAFU5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0Y2traWUyBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA1ZJUDIyN18x?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-950&va=Horse+Neck+clams) Nowadays they’re often simply called “Horse Clams”, reducing understanding still further. > **[Tresus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_clam)** > > See text. > Tresus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mactridae. Many of them are known under the common name the horse clam or as species of gaper clam. They are similar to geoducks. > Species within the genus Tresus include: That’s the clam’s siphon, by the way. I understand ones put on sale at open air markets have been known to squirt passers-by. Which brings us back to the original name. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-on-the-weather-channel-website/676901/10 "2013-12-23T14:01:47Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Not the same creature, but I couldn’t help thinking that maybe the Op was referencing Horse Neck Clams at first (it clearly isn’t). The “neck” part is a euphemism for another horse part. You can see why: > > [Yahoo Image Search](http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oG7n93NrhSgRIAFU5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0Y2traWUyBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA1ZJUDIyN18x?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-950&va=Horse+Neck+clams) That thing has nothing on [the geoduck.](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1039&bih=799&q=geoduck&oq=geoduck&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1328.1969.0.2156.7.7.0.0.0.0.171.562.3j2.5.0....0...1ac.1.32.img..2.5.562.2CT1kyIYPds)