Animal Sex: How Hyenas Do It - Live Science The complicated world of hyena sex involves social hierarchies, weird and potentially dangerous courtship rituals and female pseudopenises that make forced sex impossible
All female spotted hyenas have penises they use to mount, pee, give . . . Rather, female spotted hyenas are intersexed, like some female bears Editor’s note: The term "hermaphrodite" is appropriate for referring to non-human animals with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies
Why do female spotted hyenas have a pseudo-penis? - YouTube Unlike most other mammals, female spotted hyenas have a pseudo-penis This gives the female the power to be selective when choosing a mate, but it also comes with a high reproductive cost Dr
Unravelling the elaborate sex lives of spotted hyenas Due to the clan hierarchy and their unique genital structure, female spotted hyenas control the process of mate selection entirely Extended courtships are the order of the day for hopeful males, and they will nurture their relationships with certain females, sometimes for years at a time
Mammalian sexual differentiation: lessons from the spotted hyena Female spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) are the only female mammals that lack an external vaginal opening Mating and birth take place through a urogenital canal that exits at the tip of a hypertrophied clitoris This ‘masculine’ phenotype spurred a search for an alternate source of fetal androgens
Sex and the spotted hyena - Nature Female hyenas get their masculine traits while still in the womb: hyena fetuses, whether male or female, are bathed in high concentrations of male hormones This exposure accounts for the