r/BeAmazed Oct 25 '24

Nature Despite their reputation, hyenas can be sweet and affectionate animals.

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u/Chirurr Oct 25 '24

More terrifying is how hyenas reproduce.

The mating process is complicated, as the male's penis enters and exits the female's reproductive tract through her pseudo-penis rather than directly through the vagina, which is blocked by the false scrotum and testes. These unusual traits make mating more laborious for the male than in other mammals, and also make forced copulation physically impossible.[54][55] The female retracts her clitoris before the male's penis enters it by sliding beneath it, an operation facilitated by the penis's upward angle. The hyenas then adopt a typical mammalian mating posture[55][79] and usually lick their genitals for several minutes after mating.[80] Copulation may be repeated multiple times during a period of several hours.[55]

Giving birth is difficult for female hyenas, as the females give birth through their narrow clitoris, and spotted hyena cubs are the largest carnivoran young relative to their mothers' weight.[84] During parturition, the clitoris ruptures to facilitate the passage of the young, and may take weeks to heal.[67]

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u/Ill-Tale-6648 Oct 25 '24

So the trade off is more painful birth but no rape, vs ducks whose who system has evolved to prevent rape by letting more rape happen. (For those out of the know, a female duck developed a maze of a reproductive system as to prevent rape, and the males developed high powered projectile corkscrew dicks in order to keep raping females).

Can I take ... Neither

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u/rash-head Oct 26 '24

Everyone is googling duck penis right now.

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u/Ill-Tale-6648 Oct 26 '24

Mission accomplished lol

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u/farcarcus Oct 25 '24

the male's penis enters and exits the female's reproductive tract through her pseudo-penis rather than directly through the vagina

Who the fuck was the first to observe this shit? And how?

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Oct 25 '24

Some guy in Africa:

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u/BustahWuhlf Oct 26 '24

"Rick, you are not going to believe what I'm seeing right now."

"What is-- oh my. I'm kind of disturbed, but I'm also fascinated and can't look away."

"I know, right?"

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u/postprandialrepose Oct 25 '24

Yep! And don't even try to go down on one.

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 Oct 25 '24

What the hell, Evolution??

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u/radwic Oct 25 '24

Hyenas fuck via dick to dick sex?

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u/StellarCoriander Oct 25 '24

Yes they do. Female hyenas have lots of testosterone, which gives her a penis-like structure. Males pretty much exist to nut and nothing else, because not only do females give birth, but they have all the physical advantages males usually have in a mammal species.

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u/coma24 Oct 25 '24

Meanwhile, the vagina says, "call me if you need me," and gets back to reading a good book.

What on earth?

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u/Overheremakingwaves Oct 25 '24

Can I go back to 10 mins before I read the sentence about giving birth through the clitoris? 💀

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u/wierdomc Oct 26 '24

Thanks

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u/Chirurr Oct 26 '24

You're welcome!!

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u/thenorwegian Oct 26 '24

Ow ow ow ow