Assertion: spotted hyena | /r/HasProperty | hermaphrodite
Facets:
value: due to females
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: So unique, in fact, that for centuries people assumed the spotted hyena had to be a hermaphrodite.
text: Likewise, it is believed that spotted hyenas are hermaphrodites.
text: In On the Generation of Animals, Aristotle criticised the erroneous belief that the spotted hyena is a hermaphrodite (which likely originated from the confusion caused by the masculinised genitalia of the female), though his physical descriptions are more consistent with the striped hyena.
text: Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) were once thought to be hermaphrodites, due to females having an enlarged clitoris almost the same size and shape as the male's penis (it's often called a pseudopenis), through which they mate and give birth - the entrance to the vagina is blocked by fatty lumps called 'pseudotestes'.
text: When spotted hyenas were first discovered by explorers, they were thought to be hermaphrodites.