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minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·11 months agoMost creatures have the male giving the female semen for their egg. But seahorses have the female giving the male an egg. So I propose the slang “dropped off” for female seahorses impregnating male seahorses.
minus-squaremriswith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months agoThen you have pacific salmon, where they dump the eggs and semen in a pit in a river, and both die shortly after. Giving a whole host of meanings to “dropped off”. Or the turtles who bury eggs on a beach and never go back.
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoI call that Thunderdoming.
minus-squaremriswith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIs there an added adjective if it’s done in the same area you were born and grew up, after having lived far away for a while?
Most creatures have the male giving the female semen for their egg. But seahorses have the female giving the male an egg.
So I propose the slang “dropped off” for female seahorses impregnating male seahorses.
Then you have pacific salmon, where they dump the eggs and semen in a pit in a river, and both die shortly after. Giving a whole host of meanings to “dropped off”.
Or the turtles who bury eggs on a beach and never go back.
I call that Thunderdoming.
Is there an added adjective if it’s done in the same area you were born and grew up, after having lived far away for a while?