The thing inside our little buddies.

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the sensitivity and anatomical characteristics of testicles, exploring why they hurt upon contact and what their structure entails. The scope includes anatomical, evolutionary, and biological perspectives.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Conceptual clarification, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant notes that the presence of many nerve endings contributes to the sensitivity of testicles.
  • Another participant highlights the lack of muscles, bones, or thick skin as factors that leave testicles unprotected.
  • A participant provides an evolutionary perspective, suggesting that sensitivity in testicles may have offered a survival advantage by prompting avoidance of harm, thus enhancing reproductive success.
  • There is a reference to an external anatomy resource, although its relevance is not elaborated upon in the discussion.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express varying degrees of understanding and curiosity, but there is no consensus on the overall implications of sensitivity or the evolutionary arguments presented.

Contextual Notes

Some claims depend on assumptions about evolutionary biology and anatomical function that are not fully explored or substantiated in the discussion.

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Why does "it" hurt when it is in contact with something??

And umm, what is it anyways? I mean without the covering.

Just curious...
 
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Because there are many nerve endings, it is more sensive.
 
ok... any more info?
 
ok... any more info?

it does not have any muscles, bones, or thick skin around it to protect it
 
anatomy 101

http://www.shands.org/health/imagepages/1113.htm
 
Simple evolution. Way back when before humans or apes or whatever, our ancestors with primitive external testicles were wandering around, doing whatever they did. In all likelyhood, some had more sensitive testicles than others. The ones whose testicels were more sensitive would avoid anything harmful happening to them, thus had a better chance of reproducing than something which had testicles that were relatively numb and accidentally damaged them.

They are our means of reproduction and we must protect them as much as possible, hence if they're hurt, it hurts like a *****.
 

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