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As If Alligators Weren’t Intimidating Enough, They Also Have Permanent Boners

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We already have “hung like a horse” to describe a particularly well-endowed human male; now maybe we need “always hard like an alligator.” Admittedly, it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue…and really, if a human man’s penis were hard as often as an alligator’s, it would be classified as a medical condition. And that is because alligators are always hard.

Yes, as if alligators weren’t intimidating enough with their razor-sharp teeth and lethal, muscle-bound tails, they’re also permanently erect. (As a reptile enthusiast, I must add that alligators do not naturally hunt humans and only attack when harassed or have previous experience eating human food. Okay, moving on.)

Now it’s not quite as obscene as it sounds. Male alligators aren’t lounging on riverbanks, constantly showing hog. Instead, their........

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