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The miracle of childbirth (mander.xyz)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 278 points 6 months ago (45 children)

For those curious, from Wikipedia:

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. During parturition, the clitoris ruptures to facilitate the passage of the young, and may take weeks to heal.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 6 months ago (10 children)

I uh... I was expecting it to be something like they eat a percentage of their own babies or something. Fuck that. Sounds like it would feel like giving birth through a penis.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Fun fact: Female hyenas have a pseudopenis that prolapses into a dick that they rape their brothers with when they’re young

[–] [email protected] 63 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't feel like I'm having fun here...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes their hyena pseudo-penises fully rip off when they give birth, causing them to bleed to death!