How Animals Give Birth | 台北市立動物園資訊網
2018年11月7日—Femalehyenashavethreetimesmoretestosteronethanmales,whichresultsinapeculiarandriskylaborprocess.Femalehyenasgivebirth ...
Spotted hyenas have a painful and risky birthing process. The birth canal of a hyena is only about one inch across. Wikimedia CommonsFemale hyenas have three times more testosterone than males, which results in a peculiar and risky labor process. Female hyenas give birth through their clitoris, also called a pseudo-penis. The birth canal of a hyena is only about one inch across, and consequently, many hyena babies do not survive. Suffocation is a frequent occurrence for the cubs, as is the death of first-time hyena mothers. [1]
Other animals have a pseudo-penises, too, such as squirrel monkeys, lemurs, fossas, a cat-like carnivorous mammal, and binturongs, mammals with a face like a cats and a body like a bears.
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