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Re:Why have female animals evolved such wild genitals? by Lacaranian on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:54PM (#30874731)
I do wonder how "normal" human genitalia is compared to the vast majority of the animal kingdom. Though is that simply anthrocentric?
Re:Why have female animals evolved such wild genitals? by shagie on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:01AM (#30875044)
Re:Why have female animals evolved such wild genitals? by samatman on Thursday March 31, 2022 @11:55PM (#30875013)
Many placental mammals, including the other great apes, have a baculum, while humans do not. I'm not even sure how to start comparing human genitalia to those of jellyfish or tubular worms, to be honest. The animal kingdom is quite broad.
Re:Why have female animals evolved such wild genitals? by tomrod on Thursday March 31, 2022 @11:10PM (#30874802)
Probably worthwhile to consider it as familiarity bias -- as claimed by the article, the male researchers missed the vaginal shapes, so it's not just anthropocentricism.
Re:Why have female animals evolved such wild genitals? by jug on Friday April 01, 2022 @06:29AM (#30876764)
I've heard humans have larger penises in proportion to our size than usual with mammals. Not sure how unique it is but the human glans is speculated to be shaped like it is to scoop out sperm from competing males. Since human vaginas aren't "wild" like that of a goose, maybe that is how we have evolved to handle competition? This must go far back though, way before we became humans...
Re:Why have female animals evolved such wild genitals? by vonseel on Friday April 01, 2022 @06:39AM (#30876822)
Well, that’s a disturbing and quite gross image.