Do lions have spines on their penises?
A. Well, what I’ve observed indicates that tom lions don’t have spines as prominent as, say, male tigers. As I said before, it makes sense when you consider their social nature and the use of sex as a social bonding thing – they mate so often, and a lioness has free reign amongst all the males of her pride (they take turns at her!), that I think a lioness in season would start feeling really sore with too many spined penises entering her vagina. Having observed closeup a tiger’s erect penis and a lion’s erect penis, I am struck by the fact the lion’s shaft seems merely dimpled a little in the places where the tiger has studs. The studs of a tiger (and a cheetah, I’ve been told) are like those of the outer flesh of a strawberry – prominent and visible, but not actually sticking out very far. Those of a domestic tomcat, however, are the full bit – long and protruding from the shaft of the penis. By the way, I’ve recently learned that a female cat’s vagina has rings of cartilage inside it
