# The proper name for a whale's penis. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 17, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584 "2002-06-17T20:50:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![oi812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@oi812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oi812)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/21 "2012-11-20T11:24:31Z")
If you read the question you read the awnswer. It’s like asking the proper name for a table or chairs. It seems pretty clear that it would be one of two things: A: a penis Or B: Oh my g\_d Do you think theat the great white whale should have been named Money Dork? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/22 "2012-11-20T11:43:41Z")
> [@Darwins\_Finch](#): > > Even more specifically, _oosik_ is the Inuit word for a walrus (and possibly a whale’s as well) baculum. I thought Baculum was that guy that starred in Quantum Leap. No? ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/23 "2012-11-20T11:44:21Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Other purported [whale facts](http://www.making-money-on-line.com/sex-facts/animal-facts.htm) > “The reason why they evolved such enormous testicles is caused by the fact that each whale’s sperm competes with that of other whales. When the female whale comes into heat she immediately gets mobbed by about 30 passionate males who all make love to her (or at least try this). Each whale attempts to wash out the sperm of the competitor with their own. The more sperm they produce, the biggest the chance they will succeed.” I am unclear how this situation is specific for whales… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/24 "2012-11-20T11:53:09Z")
This thread is 10 years old. Happy birthday, thread!! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/25 "2012-11-20T12:30:52Z")
What is the name of a zombie penis? ---
**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/26 "2012-11-20T12:36:29Z")
\*“Whale wang, again. Don’t know why, don’t know when, but I know we’ll discuss whale wang once again.” \* ---
**Author:** ![oi812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@oi812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oi812)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/27 "2012-11-20T12:56:26Z")
[\*\*[SIZE=“6”]SIZE=“4”]If you read the question you read the awnswer. It’s like asking the proper name for a table or chairs. It seems pretty clear that it would be one of two things: A: a penis Or B: Oh my g\_d Do you think theat the great white whale should have been named Mobey Dork?[/SIZET]\*\*[/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/28 "2012-11-20T13:21:27Z")
Hey now, the OP only posted THIS question, and hasn’t been back here in ten years. He’s not going to answer even if you shout. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/29 "2012-11-20T14:21:08Z")
As a corollary to the OP’s question, I believe the female counterpart is known as “San Diego.” ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/30 "2012-11-20T14:49:10Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > This thread is 10 years old. > > Happy birthday, thread!! 😃 That’s cool. If I were a zombie, I’d love to be stalking around at my own party! ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/31 "2012-11-20T14:56:35Z")
> [@johncole](#): > > Moby? Yes, my first thought when I saw teh title was “Moby Dick”, of course. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/32 "2012-11-20T15:06:25Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > From Chapter 95 of _Moby Dick_ [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](http://www.americanliterature.com/MD/MD95.HTML) I, too, had pointed this out in this 2008 thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454289&highlight=grandissimus](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454289&highlight=grandissimus) ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/33 "2012-11-20T15:21:13Z")
> [@zen101](#): > > Shamoo calls his “Li’l Shamoo”. I was unaware that female Orcas had penises. Ignorance fought! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/34 "2012-11-20T15:21:21Z")
zombie or no i thought they were called a herman. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/35 "2012-11-20T16:02:22Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > I am unclear how this situation is specific for whales… It’s not. Bonobos (aka pigmy chimps) are like this as well. But they’re considerably smaller than whales. Most species aren’t promiscuous like this, but in those that are, sperm production is selected for. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/36 "2012-11-20T22:49:59Z")
Hey, Bonobos in two simultaneous threads! (See “Penis in Vagina” discussion.) What are the odds of that? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/37 "2012-11-20T23:36:18Z")
I don’t know too much about a whale’s penis, but I do know “San Diego” is German for a whale’s vagina. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/38 "2012-11-21T15:58:12Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Other purported [whale facts… > > The largest penis in the animal kingdom is that of the blue whale. Its average length is 11 feet (3.35 m)!..]([http://www.making-money-on-line.com/sex-facts/animal-facts.htm](http://www.making-money-on-line.com/sex-facts/animal-facts.htm)) Whatever it _wants_ to be called. Boy howdy! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/39 "2012-11-21T16:03:45Z")
> [@D18](#): > > I was unaware that female Orcas had penises. Ignorance fought! 😉 Many females have lots of penises. Ask my ex if you don’t believe me. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584/40 "2012-11-21T16:17:21Z")
I saw an episode of “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” where Dean Cain had a stuffed one. And according to Dean Cain, a whale’s whang is called a…dork. If Dean Cain says so, it’s gotta be true. ~VOW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proper-name-for-a-whales-penis/114584.md?page=3)