Boy's penis stitched back after donkey bite

Thu Jul 25, 9:05 AM ET

RABAT (Reuters) - Surgeons have managed to stitch back a Moroccan boy's penis after it was bitten off by a donkey, the official MAP news agency has reported.

Professor Mouaad Mounir, chief urologist at Ibnou Toufail hospital in the southern city of Marrakesh, was quoted as saying the operation on the seven-year-old boy was carried out last week.

He said the operation had taken 45 minutes and was successful.

MAP did not say how the donkey managed to bite off the boy's penis.

A source at the hospital confirmed the agency's report on Thursday, but declined to give further details.

Donkeys in Morocco are used for laborious work on farms and garbage collection and are often subject to harsh treatment.

One has to wonder, how, in 45 minutes they could possibly be able to reconnect a severed penis and have any functionality at all. I'd wager this boy will go through life with a numb and useless penis and be frustrated as hell when puberty strikes.

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Paolo wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2002 5:48 pm I'd wager this boy will go through life with a numb and

> useless penis and be frustrated as hell when puberty

> strikes.

I went through puberty with a perfectly functional penis, but was frustrated as hell anyway! (I'm still a virgin, btw.)

Where the hell do you get a donkey when u need one?:)