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[-] HeroHelck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 2 days ago

I assume the joke is that they have very difficult birthing processes?

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 92 points 2 days ago

Left to right we have

  • traumatic birth through pseudopenis
  • SPIKEY BABY
  • giant egg
[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago

On the porcupine the babies quills, kinda like horse hooves, are soft at first and begin to harden afterwards but aren't super spiky for a few days. But yeah a split psuedo banana and an egg that is almost literally the same size as you aren't picnics

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Especially the hyena…

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