'nucular' warfare

Originally posted by CauselessOne
Curiously, almost all people have more than the average number of legs, fingers, eyes, .....

Many decimal places to express it but a good point. Back to bedrock

basics, on average do all animals have one testicle and one teat?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Many decimal places to express it but a good point. Back to bedrock

basics, on average do all animals have one testicle and one teat?

Doubtful. In most species, females outnumber males, and females of many species have more than 2 teats.

Originally posted by CauselessOne
Doubtful. In most species, females outnumber males, and females of many species have more than 2 teats.

... and in the human realm?

Originally posted by CauselessOne
Curiously, almost all people have more than the average number of legs, fingers, eyes, .....

I am not sure if that's true for fingers. Extra fingers aren't that incommon, I think.

Originally posted by Nordlys
I am not sure if that's true for fingers. Extra fingers aren't that incommon, I think.

True, but missing ones are more common, I would guess. After all, lose an arm and that's FOUR of the little buggers gone in one go!

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
... and in the human realm?

Women outnumber men.

Average testicles = ((men*2) - losses + extras) / (men+women), or slightly less than 1.
Average teats = (((men+women)*2)-losses + extras) / (men+women), slightly less than 2.

2 edits - I'll get this right eventually!

Originally posted by CauselessOne
True, but missing ones are more common, I would guess. After all, lose an arm and that's FOUR of the little buggers gone in one go!

Good point (hm, only four?). If people are born with approximately 10 fingers on average (I don't know if that's the case), the number would decline for older people.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Good point (hm, only four?). If people are born with approximately 10 fingers on average (I don't know if that's the case), the number would decline for older people.

2 of your 'fingers' are 'thumbs'!

Originally posted by CauselessOne
2 of your 'fingers' are 'thumbs'!

But thumbs are fingers, too.

Originally posted by CauselessOne
Women outnumber men.

Average testicles = ((men*2) - losses + extras) / (men+women), or slightly less than 1.
Average teats = (((men+women)*2)-losses + extras) / (men+women), slightly less than 2.

2 edits - I'll get this right eventually!

Er... How do you come up with "slightly less than 2" teats? Most women have two, and most men don't have any (I don't know if there are any men who can produce milk?), so I would expect it to be approximately the same number as testicles.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Er... How do you come up with "slightly less than 2" teats? Most women have two, and most men don't have any (I don't know if there are any men who can produce milk?), so I would expect it to be approximately the same number as testicles.

You must lead a very sheltered life.

They may not work, but we've got 'em and we're proud of it!

Originally posted by CauselessOne
You must lead a very sheltered life.

They may not work, but we've got 'em and we're proud of it!

Teats are not the same as nipples. Or do you have a "protuberance through which milk is drawn from an udder or breast"?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teat

Originally posted by Nordlys
Teats are not the same as nipples. Or do you have a "protuberance through which milk is drawn from an udder or breast"?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teat

You just ruined my entire sex life :'(

Originally posted by Nordlys
(I don't know if there are any men who can produce milk?)

Apparently that is a side-effect of some psychiatric medication whose name escapes me right now.

Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
Apparently that is a side-effect of some psychiatric medication whose name escapes me right now.

So there's some hope for CauselessOne!