• aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    2 天前

    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.

    • mriswith@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 天前

      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.