Loch Ness Monster sightings are actually people glimpsing whale penises, experts now reckon. Some whales have 1.8m long willies that have been seen rising from the water while mating, a study says.
Boffins reckon their giant members could have sparked theories of the mythical Scottish sea serpent, the Sun reports. Researchers published in a paper in the Archives of Natural History claimed the Nessie 'neck' is really just a whale's todger.They speculated that sightings of Nessie's "serpent-like tail" were actually a large baleen whale and its "snake-like penis".They added that other accounts could be attributed to the male members of certain whale species.Some of their members can be at least 1.8 metres long and are sometimes spotted rising.
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