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What is an interesting fact that you recently discovered? (pawb.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Dasus 46 points 8 months ago (4 children)

A rat, a cat, a dog, a person, a human, a horse and an elephant all piss with a full bladder,

Who finishes first?

Weirdly enough, according to science, it's the same time for every mammal to urinate (except really small ones like mice because liquid dynamics starts behaving differently, surface tension etc).

https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/19/4855076/the-law-of-urination-mammals-take-21-seconds-to-pee

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A person and a human? So if a legal person like a company pisses it still takes the same time, neat

[–] Dasus 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh lol.

I woke up like 3min before writing that, hahahaha

Good catch

But I would contend that I know quite s few human who I wouldn't necessarily call people and quite a a few non-people I definitely consider worthy of personhood

[–] Cypher 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s not listed but the Cicada wins. By a lot.

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/20/1239529315/cicadas-pee-urination-jets-new-research-microfluidics-3d-printing-experiments

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Butterflies even more. They don’t piss, they mist.

[–] Dasus 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Cicadas are a) mice-size or smaller and b) not mammals.

Thanks for the info tho

[–] Cypher 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Both true but it is a weird fact

[–] Dasus 1 points 8 months ago

Cicada piss-jets were interesting, yes, thank you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

This is my go-to too! It was especially great when I did it at the bar I used to work at lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is very dubious. I tried recreating this experiment with my dogs over months and found them to pee anywhere from 7 seconds to almost a full minute. Is there another detail I'm missing here?

[–] Dasus 2 points 8 months ago

I mean, it's ofc talking about averages.

My pisses vary in length greatly as well, but if you take the average, it'll be the same average as your dogs, roughly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

7 seconds means they didnt have a full bladder. A minute means they stopped somewhere in between or you didnt count correctly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

When is a bladder really full though? Can it not expand to some degree if it's really full?