this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2024
564 points (96.4% liked)

Science Memes

12112 readers
2266 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
564
The miracle of childbirth (mander.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] AFKBRBChocolate 278 points 9 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.

[–] pete_the_cat 41 points 9 months ago (8 children)

WTF?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Hyenas are matriarchals and they fucking deserve it.

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

[–] Glifted 60 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] flicker 18 points 9 months ago

I think I got whiplash.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (40 replies)