If there’s anything my nursery teacher taught me, it’s that boys have pen1ses and girls have v@ginas. Except when they don’t. The female hyena’s cl1toris is so large, it’s essentially a pen1s (and larger than all the boys’ junk).
The female spotted hyena runs things in the cackle. Males are submissive, cautious, and fearful. For hyenas, size matters, and the female’s cl1toris is larger than any male’s pen1s.
The female has no external v@gina. She urinates and mates through her pen1s-like shaft—which, by the way, is capable of an erect1on. Even more confusing, a sac of fat and tissue, covered in thick hair, hangs behind the 18-centimeter (7 in) cl1toris like some cruel mockery of the male’s scr0tum.
Naturally, m@ting with two pen1ses is difficult. Males need a great deal of practice to get things right. After the male submits to the female—which includes comparing sizes—she will roll the cl1toris up to create an entrance for the male’s pen1s, which he must somehow curve upward and inward to make siex possible.
If he succeeds in impregnating the female, she’ll have to face a reality men can only joke about with winced expressions: giving birth through a pen1s!.
During pregnancy, the female hyena will pump her babies (male and female) with extra doses of androgen, which is associated with masculine aggression. This ensures that the massive cl1toris–cycle continues and gives males the boost they need to be able to m@te with macho females.
The cubs don’t leave Mom unscathed on their way out. A 1-kilogram (2 lb) cub has to fit through a 2.5-centimeter (1 in) birth canal. At best, the cl1toris is torn, causing a wound that takes weeks to heal. At worst, birth can be fatal. Around 20 percent of mothers die during childbirth.
No one knows for sure why the female spotted hyena developed this trait. But it does grant her authority in hyena society on the African savannah, where the female leads the hunt, feast, and social life.
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