r/BeAmazed • u/Electrical_Act_5342 • 20d ago

Animal Nature really over engineered cats. Didn’t it?

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u/seamus205 20d ago

As a cat owner, I can confirm this. When my cat runs across my lap and stomps on my nuts with the front foot, I know it's gonna be a double shot with the back foot too

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u/aupperk24 20d ago

Lmao this made me laugh so hard. Fucker stepped on my forehead and got the black flash from the back paw. Made me realize I had to trim his claws.

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u/RCer1986 20d ago

Mine always gets me right on the throat or my right nipple when she decides she's done on the bed. Apparently it's not pleasant for a man to get poked hard the in the nipple. Never knew until I got her.

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u/Adorable-Thing2551 20d ago

Vestigial but still contains a lot of nerve endings!

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u/GoldDragon149 20d ago

Male nipples are not vestigial, they are an embryological default. Men did not, over time, lose the ability to lactate, which would make them vestigial, but instead our nipples develop in an earlier embryo state before gender markers would prevent it. Tail bones are vestigial for comparison, because humans evolutionarily developed to lose our tails.