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The miracle of childbirth (mander.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 279 points 11 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] 42 points 11 months ago (8 children)

WTF?

[–] SpeakinTelnet 60 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Hyenas are matriarchals and they fucking deserve it.

Edit: They deserve their social position, not being ripped apart if that wasn't clear

[–] [email protected] 68 points 11 months ago

It absolutely wasn't clear lol

[–] [email protected] 61 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The original message and the explanation were a rollercoaster for me. Not going to lie

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

I think I got whiplash.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Interesting how ~~colloquially~~ connotatively "earn it" is more positive than "deserve it"

[–] SpeakinTelnet 3 points 11 months ago

I debated between the edit and "earn it" but I figured at this point the edit would be better.

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