# Sex in pigs, sneezing in the sun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 27, 1999, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315 "1999-11-27T10:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/1 "1999-11-27T10:20:00Z")
From the medical world (I am a medical student in Houston)… At Baylor College of Medicine, one of our professors works on contraception in animals (Dr. Bonnie Dunbar). She has pigs trained to ejaculate on command. Not only do they have the corkscrew penis and all, but they have appx 15-30 minute orgasms and the ejaculate is I think around 1 liter (if I remember correctly). I think CA refers to the length of orgasm and the corkscrew penis in one of his books. Next: The photic sneeze reflex is also called ACHOO, for autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome. I guess a bunch of anesthesiologists had nothing better to do. CA refers to it in More of the Straight Dope I think. ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/2 "1999-11-27T23:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > At Baylor College of Medicine, one of our professors works on contraception in animals (Dr. Bonnie Dunbar). She has pigs trained to ejaculate on command. And to think that the Ignoble Awards was afraid that they might run out of contestants. 😉 * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/3 "1999-11-27T23:42:00Z")
I hate when I do that: > [@](#): > > At Baylor College of Medicine, one of our professors works on contraception in animals (Dr. Bonnie Dunbar). She has pigs trained to ejaculate on command. And to think that the Ignoble Awards was afraid that they might run out of contestants. * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/4 "1999-11-28T00:06:00Z")
There is just so much of this that begs comment, like: > [@](#): > > (Dr. Bonnie Dunbar). She has pigs trained to ejaculate on command. Can she teach me that? I’ll tape record her command. > [@](#): > > they have appx 15-30 minute orgasms While this seems enviable, can you stop it. I mean are they committed to it for that period of time, what if the phone rings? And you could easily run out of hot water in the shower in that length of time. > [@](#): > > the ejaculate is I think around 1 liter (if I remember correctly) This gives whole other meaning to coming in quarts. No one is gonna wanna sleep in that wet spot. I don’t think I really want to be a pig after all. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/5 "1999-11-28T01:11:00Z")
Please always include a link to the column you are discussing: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_303.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_303.html) Photic Sneeze Reflex [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_064b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_064b.html) Pig orgasms [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_060.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_060.html) Pig penises ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/6 "1999-11-28T06:20:00Z")
[QUOTE] ``` quote: At Baylor College of Medicine, one of our professors works on contraception in animals (Dr. Bonnie Dunbar). She has pigs trained to ejaculate on command. And to think that the Ignoble Awards was afraid that they might run out of contestants. ``` [\QUOTE] Actually, she works on something fairly important. In parts of Africa, particularly in South African gameparks, there are too many elephants. Since elephants tend to get kind of rough with their surroundings (and eat a lot), the park managers have to cull them (by shooting them from helicopters). Dr. Dunbar is working on birth control for the elephants by looking for anti-sperm antibodies or antibodies against part of the oocyte. Her model is pigs. When I say “on command,” what I really mean is that she has them conditioned that on mere sight of her or her technicians entering the room, they begin to ejaculate. Or so it is told… ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/7 "1999-11-28T15:03:00Z")
[[When I say “on command,” what I really mean is that she has them conditioned that on mere sight of her or her technicians entering the room, they begin to ejaculate. Or so it is told…]] That’s even funnier. What does that kind of thing do to one’s self image? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/8 "1999-11-28T15:21:00Z")
Yeah, it sure doesn’t sound like Miss Piggy gets much out of the deal. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/9 "1999-11-28T16:09:00Z")
I’m a little afraid to ask, but I must: What kinds of conditioning techniques are being used on these pigs? ---
**Author:** ![Jomolungma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jomolungma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jomolungma)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/10 "1999-11-29T12:11:00Z")
Well . . . there is much ground to cover. _“she has them conditioned that on mere sight of her or her technicians entering the room, they begin to ejaculate.”_ I know several middle-aged American men Victoria’s Secret has similarly conditioned on ‘mere sight’ of its latest catalogue in the mail box. Perhaps, **edwino** , the awards you mentioned should be renamed _Pignoble,_ As to this ACHOO business . . . that was long ago refuted by the Guttmacher- Entwhistle Scale of Upper Nasal Divergence and Heliotropic Empathic Interaction Tolerances. I remain, your humble servant. ---
**Author:** ![\_Df](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7ba0ec/32.png) [@\_Df](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Df)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/11 "1999-11-29T19:31:00Z")
I’m still trying to figure out the connections that make this a single topic. Suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![SINsApple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SINsApple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SINsApple)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 1999, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/12 "1999-11-30T00:22:00Z")
I have walking induced hiccups (hiccoughs?), is that anywhere close to sun induced sneezes? * * * “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” --Whitman ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 1999, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/13 "1999-11-30T06:37:00Z")
I assume the conditioning is probably purely Pavlovian. You know, candles, wine, and pig porn. As to how these topics go together to form one thread : Of course they have nothing in common. I used to know quite a lot, and then I went to medical school. I then learned a whole new set of completely inane lore, and forgot my old knowledge of literature, history, philosophy, and everything else that counts. Luckily, now I am in grad school and they are slowly letting me learn the old stuff back. Of course, I am screwed when I have to go back and finish my last year of medical school. But such is life. At least I can show off some of the new knowledge on a chat board. And do digital rectal exams. Oh, and if you liked this week’s episode of Reading Rainbow, here are some URLs you may want to read to learn more about pig jizzum and obscure reflexes. Dr. Dunbar’s research page (no direct mention of porcine climaxes) : [http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cmb/faculty/dunbar.htm](http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cmb/faculty/dunbar.htm) MEDLINE search for ACHOO : [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=4&db=m&term=achoo&dispmax=20&relentrezdate=No+Limit](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=4&db=m&term=achoo&dispmax=20&relentrezdate=No+Limit) ---
**Author:** ![TheIncredibleHolg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@TheIncredibleHolg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheIncredibleHolg)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 1999, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-pigs-sneezing-in-the-sun/315/14 "1999-11-30T10:07:00Z")
Digital rectal exams, eh? I liked the old anal-og ones a lot better. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)