Comment on Also literally known as the Horror Frog

• ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Probably the evolutionary arms race between rapey males and females. Males have long corkscrew penises that inflate rapidly during copulation to fill the tract of the female. Females, what with their desire to choose mates and all, have evolved corkscrew vaginal tracts with dead ends and stuff that spirals in the opposite direction. Forced mating frequently ends without insemination, as a result.

  I am genuinely unsure of the mechanism by which successful mating actually happens, considering the anatomical arms race and all (maybe it’s like dolphins, which have a similar problem. Female dolphins have a false vagina and can choose where the male’s sperm goes by changing her tail position), but they seem to be able to reproduce, so it is what it is, and I’m not super keen to look it up at the moment.

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  • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That is wild lol thanks for sharing

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fyi, I’m pretty sure the duck rape thing is specific to mallards. But I’m not an ornithologist

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    • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m not read up on current bird law either

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      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Have you talked to Charlie Day about it? He can probably help you out

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• GrilledCheese@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I assume they are talking about the spiraled reproductive organs

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