It's so the male duck can scrape the semen of any previous partners out of the female duck's vagina. This was a random mutation that somehow became dominant because it perpetuated the species. Unlike leaving all that semen in there, which ... wouldn't ... have?
Remember, sexual selection favors traits that benefit the carrier, being able to have a mate exclusively bear their offspring and excluding competitors would favor their genes, unlike the mate potentially bearing offspring from multiple contributors (even within a single clutch, but I’m not sure about that part, not a biologist)
26 Comments
Origen@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 117d
I don't get it. (Update: Now I get it, but I wish that I could go back to the way things were before I found out.)
Feddinat0r@feddit.org · 44 pts · 117d
Duck penis
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 117d
Duck dicks are corkscrew shaped
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 117d
And duck vaginas are also corkscrew shaped, but they spiral the opposite way.
webp@mander.xyz · 20 pts · 117d
It's like you wanted to be cursed.
gankouskhan@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 117d
Anatomy
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 117d
For anyone else still unaware
Ze Frank did a video
EvilBit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 116d
What did I JUST tell you about knowledge
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 37 pts · 117d
Kk that took me a minute. And yeah... Yikes lol
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 117d
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 117d
strider22@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 117d
I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 117d
If you knew then what you know now you'd have better coping skills probably... Or not. Who cares honestly.
hayvan@piefed.world · 13 pts · 117d
Some knowledge is cursed. There are things we're not supposed to know.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 12 pts · 117d
Scientifically accurate Ducktales
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 117d
d-d-d-danger lurks behind you
brem@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 117d
s-s-stranger corkscrew birdthrough
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 116d
I wasn't sure how to continue it but... oof...
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 117d
Corkscrew woohoo!
Hupf@feddit.org · 2 pts · 117d
Anatidaephobia
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 4 pts · 117d
Life is like a hurricane, you know, twisty.
wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 117d
If you know, you know.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 117d
It's so the male duck can scrape the semen of any previous partners out of the female duck's vagina. This was a random mutation that somehow became dominant because it perpetuated the species. Unlike leaving all that semen in there, which ... wouldn't ... have?
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 117d
Remember, sexual selection favors traits that benefit the carrier, being able to have a mate exclusively bear their offspring and excluding competitors would favor their genes, unlike the mate potentially bearing offspring from multiple contributors (even within a single clutch, but I’m not sure about that part, not a biologist)
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 117d
Even when it benefits the species as a whole. Nature always was shortsighted, and the cause of all our suffering.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 117d
Dick