Fleur_@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoDo people with a penis have a higher exit velocity of their pee compared to those without because of its barrel-like shape?message-squaremessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareDo people with a penis have a higher exit velocity of their pee compared to those without because of its barrel-like shape?Fleur_@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square78linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoI thought most mammals had basically the same time (where diameter scales with bladder size) from a full bladder. I’m not sure if I’m misremembering that.
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoYou’re so right! At least as long as you aren’t so small that surface tension forms droplets https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1402289111
minus-squarethisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-222 hours agoIt works for shitting, not sure if the same applies here but it’s possible defecation duration is constant across many animal species – around 12 seconds (plus or minus 7 seconds) – even though the volume varies greatly https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-physics-of-poop/
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoAfter 20 minutes on the toilet. “Oh.”
I thought most mammals had basically the same time (where diameter scales with bladder size) from a full bladder. I’m not sure if I’m misremembering that.
You’re so right! At least as long as you aren’t so small that surface tension forms droplets
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1402289111
It works for shitting, not sure if the same applies here but it’s possible
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-physics-of-poop/
After 20 minutes on the toilet. “Oh.”