tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083932.post114665663820664751..comments2023-10-10T14:58:55.701+01:00Comments on Muton: The oddness of HyaenasLukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05471112487798122818noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083932.post-39100487938298056022007-08-22T18:04:00.000+01:002007-08-22T18:04:00.000+01:00Wait a minute. It's been twenty years since physi...Wait a minute. It's been twenty years since physiology/anatomy, and my Gray's Anatomy is at home, and I'm *so* not searching for clitoris images from work, but...<BR/><BR/>IME, in humans the clitoris sits *alongside* the vaginal canal, not as the end of it. I rather assumed that that was the standard arrangement. At what evolutionary point does the clitoris envelop the vaginal canal like that?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924938624529626461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083932.post-10051805244889775552007-06-28T12:43:00.000+01:002007-06-28T12:43:00.000+01:00"this could be because there is a lot of aggressio..."this could be because there is a lot of aggression towards young female hyaenas from siblings adult females and members of other clans and the enlarged clitoris could act to fool other hyaenas into not harming the young females"<BR/>This is not an explanation. Why are they different from most other mammals in this manner? Why do the females prefer docile males? What would bring about this "aggression towards young female hyaenas" in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083932.post-1154582368651237272006-08-03T06:19:00.000+01:002006-08-03T06:19:00.000+01:00Hyenas aren't the only animals with this anatomy, ...Hyenas aren't the only animals with this anatomy, by the way!<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-penis<BR/><BR/>Other animals have false penises too, including bearcats, spider monkeys, and Rosie O'Donnell.<BR/><BR/>(All right, maybe not that last one!)<BR/><BR/>JRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083932.post-1146743633119816342006-05-04T12:53:00.000+01:002006-05-04T12:53:00.000+01:00Gawrsh... I'm often left speechless (not this time...Gawrsh... I'm often left speechless (not this time, ah ah...) by the incredible variety that nature comes up with...<BR/><BR/>mind if I cite you in my own blog?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com