Given an unlimited amount of tries, I can win any major lottery 10 times in a row.

Given an unlimited amount of tries, I still cannot go super saiyan. Believe me, I’m close to that amount of tries!

It’s all a matter of perspective, other animals would think the same about us for such concepts as:

• Menstruation - Heck, the whole pregnancy thing is basically body horror to almost anything but mammals regardless of the benefits. Even many woman think as such.
• Our spines are a mess. They are not made for walking upright, and our knees are just as bad.
• Choking on food is simply not possible for many animals. Why would you route air and food through the same place?

Now, compare this to let’s say a jellyfish, which didn’t even change that much for millions of years because it just works.

If you want to know some theories about their purpose, I’ve written a few in respone to another comment!

That’s the fun part, we don’t know actually! There are some theories though. Among others:

Could be for females to better select their mates since you simply cannot fuck without their consent. On that note, do you know about duck genitals?

Others think it could be camouflage since females, especially cubs, get attacked more often. Did I mention that females also have a fake scrotum?

There’s also the idea that the penis is for social purposes. Females can get an erection and inspecting as well as licking each others erections is a normal greeting in hyena land! Presenting your erection is a submissive thing though.

If you dive deep enough into the rabbit hole, you could be the first to discover the truth!

If that helps, it’s actually a really long clitoris which is used to urinate, copulate and well… give birth. The first-born cubs are usually stillborn as the pseudo-penis needs to rip open, which does take some extra time the first time around. There’s also a solid chance the mother dies in the process.

For anyone interested, let me add that hyenas give birth through their pseudo-penis. Have fun in the hyena rabbit hole, there is lots to be discovered!

It’s an egg shaped piece of marble from my mother, which is now sitting on my desk. It used to have a sticker labelled ‘Echt Marmor’ which means ‘real marble’ in german. I think it is older than I am. My mother is still around, but I’ve moved quite far away and this egg is currently my only keepsake.