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Do other animals have a hymen?
« on: 01/09/2008 18:47:37 »
Royden Edward Hodgskin asked the Naked Scientists:

Does the hymen appear in other mammals or only humans? And if so, what is the scientific and biological purpose?

What do you think?
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    « Reply #1 on: 04/09/2008 20:52:48 »
    This list is from our friends at Wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymen

    These animals all have a hymen:

    Squirrels
    Antelopes
    Gazelles
    Frogs
    Lake Trouts
    Dalmations (not labs)
    Parakeet
    Robins (but not cardinals)
    Bats
    Cats
    Chimpanzees
    Clownfish, but not other species of fish
    Dogs
    Slugs
    Elephants
    Llamas
    Galago (Bush babies)
    Guinea pigs
    Horses
    Zebras
    Lemurs
    Manatees
    Moles
    Rats
    Seals
    Toothed whales
    Chinchillas
    Platypus
    Narwhals
    Alpacas
    Bobolinks
    Clams
    White Footed Deer Mice
    Meerkats
    Moose
    Ponies
    Rattlesnakes
    Shrews
    Ladybird
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  • Re: Do other animals have a hymen?
    « Reply #2 on: 26/03/2018 10:49:57 »
    I'm wondering, what about the other animals then?

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    « Reply #3 on: 17/03/2020 12:45:54 »
    Function of the human hymen
    A. J. HOBDAY, L. HAURY, P. K. DAYTON
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
    published 1997
    "Although noted often, another sexual structure has no
    satisfactory explanation. According to most sources,
    human females are the only animal to possess a
    hymen (2,5,8), but abnormal occurrences in a heifer
    (9) and a spaniel (10) have been reported. Hymens
    have been reported in African elephants, where in
    fact the hymen is not broken by mating, but only
    during birth (11).
    The function of this structure is unknown (12,13),
    and the few explanations, upon critical consideration,
    are largely unsatisfactorily. This paper examines
    the existing hypotheses for the likely function of
    this unique structure and proposes a more plausible
    explanation."

    This is a quote from a paper published by those listed above and does not represent my own research. Since the paper is published in an open forum and the quote used for information purposes only with proper citation no infringement is intended.
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