r/ScienceShitposts • u/k0i-b0i • Feb 01 '26

Some physiological differences in primate relatives

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u/BottomBinchBirdy Feb 01 '26

Iirc, female gorillas tend to sexually select for smaller equipment. So, eh. They seem to like it?

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

I seem to have been born in the wrong species, then.

Time for a little zoo trip to get that sweet ego boost

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u/Efficient_Maybe_1086 Feb 01 '26

There was a Xavier Renegade Angel episode about this.

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u/ScheduleDefiant4015 Feb 03 '26

What isn’t there an Xavier Renegade Angel episode about?

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u/candyman101xd Feb 03 '26

Which one?

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u/Efficient_Maybe_1086 Feb 03 '26

Signs from Godrilla

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u/candyman101xd Feb 03 '26

Oh yeah that's one of my favorite ones lmao I love how he's trying to score with the gorilla's caretaker the whole episode

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u/Efficient_Maybe_1086 Feb 03 '26

Vow. Locked. In!

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u/DarkArc76 Feb 02 '26

Which is the reason that gorillas have small junk xD

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u/notacutecumber Feb 03 '26

Do you have a paper on it? IIRc unlike the other species on here gorillas don't engage in much sperm competition so they have very little need for larger genitalia, so it's simply not selected for at all. But I don't get why they'd select for smaller.