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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In primates small testicle size is correlated with how many males a female typically mates with. More males mating with the same female means the male that produces the most sperm has an advantage. So gorillas have tiny balls because every troop only has one silverback male, and chimps have horrifically huge nuts because there’s a lot of competition for mates from other males in the troop.

Interestingly, humans fall roughly in the middle of the scale in terms of ball size!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yet the head of a human penis is shaped for removing competing semen from a woman's vagina

[–] rc__buggy 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's some kinky shit

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You don't wanna know what your ancestors got up to

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't even wanna know what my grandma got up to

[–] Birch 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or even your mom

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And you don't want your kids to know what you were up to. You should surely tell you your grandkids though.

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

Kinky by nature.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it's obviously shaped like that for camouflage in autumnal forests

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ah yes, nature's ghillie suit.