You'll Never Guess What Our Pollution Is Doing To Polar Bears' Penises — mtv.com

It’s time to talk about penises. Specifically, polar bear penises. If you didn’t think you needed to worry about them before, there’s a new study (via Vice) that proves they’re in legit danger — and it’s all because of man-made pollution. A team of scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark studied the penile bones — also called “bacula,” or “baculum” singular — of 279 polar bears in Canada and Greenland. The baculum is a bone found in mammals like bats, mice, and raccoons, and it basically helps the penis do its thang during reproduction.

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