How big is an elephant testicle?

Testicles. The elephant's testicles - about the size of a "respectable globe" - are located under 2 inches of skin, 12 inches of muscle, 4 inches of fat, and an extremely thick 69 inches of hair. Consequently, elephant vasectomies are extremely difficult to perform anal sex.
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Which animals have the biggest balls?

North Atlantic right whales have the largest testicles in the animal kingdom. They can exceed 900 kg, which corresponds to about 2% of the animal's total weight. Harbour porpoises have nothing to be ashamed of either: during the mating season, the testicles of males swell to represent 5% of their body weight.
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What animal has the biggest balls to body ratio?

"Bushcricket has the largest testicles relative to body mass of any animal." ScienceDaily.
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Do elephants have external Testicals?

Elephants retain their testicles deep in their bodies, as do manatees, cape golden moles, rock hyraxes and most other species in the group Afrotheria. Now in several of these modern species, researchers have found the decayed remnants of ancient genes that once allowed their testicles to descend.
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What are elephant balls?

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Why is an elephants penis is so big? (What's the size of an Elephant's Penis)



How big are hippos balls?

“Hippo testicles are retractable, and can vary in depth by around 40cm, which makes them quite hard to find,” Walzer said, adding that there had been in the past several documented efforts that tried and failed to locate them, and at least one paper that declared that it was “not known” where they are.
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Do balls fall during puberty?

Balls drop after birth

After that they slowly get bigger and heavier during puberty. Lots of boys and men (with balls) think that balls just kinda 'drop' again overnight during their teenage years. Balls don't drop like that, it's a gradual process.
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What animal does not have balls?

But for a whole different group of mammals, having no scrotum at all is the norm. Mammalian species of the Afrotheria clade—which includes elephants, manatees, cape golden moles and rock hyraxes—instead retain their testicles inside the abdomen in a condition called “testicondy.”
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Why do monkeys have big balls?

They exist within a relatively promiscuous multi-male to multi-female mating system, so their best chance at reproductive success is having more sperm. Hence, the large testicles. Social structure also explains why more monogamous primates are less ornamented and have smaller testes than non-monogamous primates.
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Does a snake have balls?

Reptiles carry their testes inside their lower abdominal cavities, often directly attached to the kidneys. Snakes and elongate lizards stagger their testes longitudinally, such that one rests anterior to the other.
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Can animal sperm fertilize human egg?

A half man/half dog wouldn't get very far past a single cell (assuming the egg and sperm could even come together!). This is because dogs and people have very different sets of instructions in their DNA. Their genomes are simply too different to come together and make something that will live.
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What animal has the smallest balls?

Studies have also found inverse relationships between testicle size and traits that help males beat competitors in physical combat. In one, dung beetles with the biggest horns were found to have the smallest testicles.
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How big are Rhino balls?

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What ape has the biggest balls?

The effect of such "sperm competition" is apparent in chimps, where a female typically mates with all of the males in her group. To compete, male chimps have developed the largest testes of all the great apes. By comparison, male gorillas have exclusive access to a harem of females and have very small testicles.
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Why are sheep balls so big?

"The main reason for buying a ram is to make sure he produces lambs for you, so unless he's got the right gear he's no use to anyone," Mr Peart said. "The research shows the bigger the testicles, the scrotum size, then the more semen volume they produce."
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How big are ape balls?

Whereas human testes top out at about 50 grams, chimpanzees' routinely reach weights of 150 to 170 grams. Scientists think the difference has to do with each species' mating habits. Among primates in which females tend to have one mate at a time, like humans and gorillas, testicles are generally smaller.
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Who has the largest balls in the world?

(June 23, 1963 – March 14, 2014) was an American man who attracted worldwide attention for his problems with scrotal elephantiasis, which caused his scrotum to grow to a weight of 132.5 pounds (60.1 kg) and hang down a little below his knees.
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Do balls go inside when its cold?

They are outside the body, but inside the scrotum, because the temperature of the core of the body is too warm for them. The testicles have two main functions to perform: manufacturing sperm and manufacturing testosterone.
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Why are my cats balls big?

Some of the conditions include hernia of the scrotum, scrotal dermatitis, twisting of the spermatic cord, sperm-filled mass of inflamed tissue (granuloma), fluid-filled sacks on the spermatic cord (hydrocele), prostatitis, cystitis, and abnormal cell growth (neoplasia).
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Do your balls get bigger when you get older?

As you age, your testicles may grow smaller (atrophy) somewhat. Your scrotum may hang lower than it did when you were younger. These are normal changes. But if you notice other changes to the size or feel of your testicles or scrotum, get a doctor's evaluation to rule out any possible health conditions.
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What does it mean when a man balls are empty?

When a scrotum is empty this indicates an undescended testis. This occurs when a testis never moved down in to the scrotum as the male developed, or moves back up out of the scrotum and into the abdomen where it started.
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What does it mean when your balls go up inside you?

When you climax, it's normal for testicles to "ride up" into your body. In some males, an "overactive" cremaster muscle pulls one (or both) of the testicles all the way out of the scrotum up into the groin. This condition, called retractile testicle, may explain your experience.
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Do rhinos have balls?

The testes of monotremes, xenarthrans, and elephants remain within the abdomen. There are also some marsupials with external testes and Boreoeutherian mammals with internal testes, such as the rhinoceros. Cetaceans such as whales and dolphins also have internal testes.
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Are hippos bulletproof?

The thickness of the skin and bulky size of hippos make hippos almost bulletproof or immune to bullets. However, one can bring a hippo down by shooting him in his torso – the skin is fragile in this area.
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Can you neuter a hippo?

But the hippos don't make it easy: Hippopotamus amphibius hides its testes inside its body, where they can shift around and even retract away from a vet's grasping forceps during surgery. Now, a team of vets working in Europe and Israel has described, in detail, a nearly foolproof method for hippo castration.
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