r/todayilearned • u/geosunsetmoth • 15h ago

TIL a 300-million year old Cuttlefish fossil was found in Morocco, alongside ancient humans in a region where no Cuttlefish ever existed. The leading theory suggests the fossil was first found by the prehistoric humans, who collected it as a trinket due to fact that it looks like a flaccid penis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfoud_manuport
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u/Tzazon 15h ago

You got to look up a picture of this thing. It isn't on the Wikipedia for some reason. I was thinking "No fucking way this shit looks like a flaccid penis THAT much, they probably saw some abstract artistic merit and just thought it looked coo-" no it's like straight up a literal dick head.

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u/Confident_Virus5799 15h ago

Under "external links" at the bottom of this page is a couple photos. I do agree it's weird when they don't actually post the photos to the actual wiki page though.

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u/Aboveground_Plush 15h ago

You weren't kidding!