awful.systems
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago

Diphalia

slrpnk.net

message-square
27
link
fedilink
389

Diphalia

slrpnk.net

Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago
message-square
27
link
fedilink
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • lasta@piefed.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    46
    ·
    2 months ago

    I see your “snakes have two penises” and raise you “kangaroos have THREE vaginas”.

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      28
      ·
      2 months ago

      Hi, is this still available?

    • qualia@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 month ago

      Now I need to add a new nsfw “marsupial orgy” filter for when I’m watching pr0n (at work).

    • flora_explora@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      Cool! And it mentions “Inside Nature’s Giants”!!

  • oyfrog@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    36
    ·
    2 months ago

    Hemipenes (and penis/intermittent organs) are really diverse in terms of size and shape. A lot of lizards and snakes have little nodules and barbs that vary from species to species. Not sure what the ornaments do, but it’s interesting. Also interesting is that having two (i.e. one on each side) potentially means that there’s a handedness in terms of the preferred side used for mating.

    Other fun facts about penises and other intermittent organs: cats and other felids have barbed penises that force ovulation in the female. Tangentially related are the pseudo penises of female hyenas.

    More fun facts: damselfly males have intermittent organs that are spoon shaped so they scrape out the sperm of rival males.

    Respond ‘cock facts’ to learn more about penises and intermittent organs.

    Respond ‘stop’ if you don’t want to learn cool shit.

    • Im_old@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      29
      ·
      2 months ago

      Cock facts!

      • oyfrog@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        1 month ago

        Thanks for joining penis and intermittent organ facts.

        Did you know that the “tail” of the male coastal tailed frog is actually an extension of the cloaca effectively acting as an intermittent organ?

        Reply ‘more cock’ for more facts about penises and intermittent organs.

  • KubrickFR@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    1 month ago

    I love this twist on that: “Did you know that on average, snakes have one penis. Now think about it carefully”

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 month ago

      Obligatory call out to Hank Green’s “The Fix” and his amazing fact-based intimidations: https://youtube.com/shorts/J8fmQ8E7rhE

  • OwOarchist@pawb.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    2 months ago

    Not just snakes, most reptiles.

    Also common in other branches of the evolutionary tree as well, as in most sharks.

  • zqwzzle@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    2 months ago

    Don’t echidnas have 4?

    • Mr. Semi@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      2 months ago

      One dork, four knobs

  • Ghostie@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    edit-2
    7 days ago

    deleted by creator

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      Sssstrange thing not to have

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    2 months ago

    and here I was sitting on my duck corkscrew penis knowledge like I was a well educated soul…

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      2 months ago

      • Che Banana@beehaw.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 month ago

        apparently, for me it’s two penis day

        Currently rereading steel beach and this little gem popped up 2 pages in tonight

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    1 month ago

    Do they use both at the same time? For pissing? For intercourse? For the third thing? Does a snake have a favored penis? Are they corkscrew or some other unusual shape?

    I never thought I’d have so many questions (read, more than 1) about snake penis.

  • elbucho@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    2 months ago

    Obligatory snake facts from The Fix:

    https://youtube.com/shorts/J8fmQ8E7rhE

  • Medic8me@piefed.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 month ago

    All the wild rabbits around where we live have two as well. Happens apparently.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      1 month ago

      What part of 3mile island are you on?

    • crank0271@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 month ago

      …all? Have you checked each of them?

  • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 month ago

    E621 and it’s consequences, at least for me

    • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      I wanna ask what that is but I am also afraid to

      • Jomega@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 month ago

        Furry image board.

      • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 month ago

        The E number for monosodium glutamate (EU food chemical naming system)

  • Jello_o@lemmy.worldB
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 month ago

    thanks for the info, ill definitely use it a lot

  • billwashere@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 month ago

    And so do sharks.

Science Memes@mander.xyz

science_memes@mander.xyz

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !science_memes@mander.xyz

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

  • !spiders@lemmy.world

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

  • !academia@mander.xyz
  • !science@mander.xyz
  • !scicomm@mander.xyz

Biology and Life Sciences

  • !abiogenesis@mander.xyz
  • !animal-behavior@mander.xyz
  • !anthropology@mander.xyz
  • !arachnology@mander.xyz
  • !balconygardening@slrpnk.net
  • !biodiversity@mander.xyz
  • !biology@mander.xyz
  • !biophysics@mander.xyz
  • !botany@mander.xyz
  • !ecology@mander.xyz
  • !entomology@mander.xyz
  • !fermentation@mander.xyz
  • !herpetology@mander.xyz
  • !houseplants@mander.xyz
  • !medicine@mander.xyz
  • !microscopy@mander.xyz
  • !mycology@mander.xyz
  • !nudibranchs@mander.xyz
  • !nutrition@mander.xyz
  • !palaeoecology@mander.xyz
  • !palaeontology@mander.xyz
  • !photosynthesis@mander.xyz
  • !plantid@mander.xyz
  • !plants@mander.xyz
  • !reptiles and amphibians@mander.xyz

Physical Sciences

  • !astronomy@mander.xyz
  • !chemistry@mander.xyz
  • !earthscience@mander.xyz
  • !geography@mander.xyz
  • !geospatial@mander.xyz
  • !nuclear@mander.xyz
  • !physics@mander.xyz
  • !quantum-computing@mander.xyz
  • !spectroscopy@mander.xyz

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • !archaeology@mander.xyz
  • !folklore@mander.xyz
  • !history@mander.xyz
  • !old_maps@mander.xyz

Practical and Applied Sciences

  • !exercise-and sports-science@mander.xyz
  • !gardening@mander.xyz
  • !self sufficiency@mander.xyz
  • !soilscience@slrpnk.net
  • !terrariums@mander.xyz
  • !timelapse@mander.xyz

Memes

  • !bushrat_confidential@slrpnk.net
  • !science_memes@mander.xyz

Miscellaneous

  • !answered@mander.xyz
  • !mander@mander.xyz
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 1.64K users / day
  • 6.36K users / week
  • 10.5K users / month
  • 19.4K users / 6 months
  • 5 local subscribers
  • 19.9K subscribers
  • 6.81K Posts
  • 129K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Salamander@mander.xyz
  • fossilesque@mander.xyz
  • SciBot@mander.xyz
  • fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • BE: 0.19.12
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org