What’s more than 4 feet (1.4m) long, leathery, curves to a point and is worth $4000?

That’s right, a fossilized walrus penis!

The 12,000 year-old item recently sold at auction for $4 grand and the winning bidder was the folks from Ripleys Believe It Or Not Museum.

Fox News reported on the penis (known as a bacula) a couple of days ago.

As for the walrus item, many mammals have bacula. In Alaska, they’re called “oosiks,” polished and used as knife handles sold to tourists. This particular baculum was found preserved in permafrost in northern Siberia by prospectors looking for mammoth tusks.
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Mostly, they attract men, said Levi Morgan, a spokesman for the Bonhams & Butterfields auction house.

“We call them big boys’ toys,” he said, but because of the prices, “these are not to be played with by children.”

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