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[–] [email protected] 92 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Not all bats, a few species of bats, and it's technically menstration but different from "overt menstration" found in humans and primates.

Most mammals have an estrous cycle where the uterine lining is reabsorbed if pregnancy doesn't occur. If the uterine lining is destroyed instead, its menstration. Here's a paper that has an overview of the other mammals that have menstrual cycles and how they work.

[–] ripcord 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This here is why I come to Comic Strips.

[–] cactusupyourbutt 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

what a weird kink, but hey, YKINMK

[–] Viking_Hippie 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

YKINMK? Lemmy guess:

  • Your Kink Is Not My Kitchen?
  • Yolanda Knows If Neutered Monkeys Kneel
  • Your Kids Invented No Machines, Kevin!
[–] Live_your_lives 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I assume it's "Your kink is not my kink"

[–] Viking_Hippie 1 points 4 months ago

Nah, at least one of the Ks has to have something to do with kitchens, Kevins or kneeling. Those are the rules that I just made up for no apparent reason.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Ya Know, I Need My Kink.

[–] peopleproblems 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well here I thought I wasn't going to learn anything today and BAM I was wrong again

[–] ettyblatant 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like the idea of you just sitting on your couch, suddenly looking around and slapping your knees to stand, just saying "WELP THAT DOES IT. I AIN'T LEARNING SHIT TODAY."

[–] Viking_Hippie 3 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure that's standard practice right before turning on Faux News.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some people argue that bats are primates, but I don't know enough about taxonomy to say. I do know that there was a defining feature for primates that had to get deleted from the primate definition because we found it in bats.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_primate_hypothesis

TL:DR : flying foxes' (those really large bats) brains are connected to their eyes in a similar way to primates, but different from all other mammals (including smaller bats). Though apparently this theory doesnt hold up when comparing the DNA from flying foxes with small bats and primates respectively.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Well there you go. I ain't no bat's cousin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter

[–] irreticent 2 points 4 months ago

*Vampire detected*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That's not how it's spelt