…will he be temporarily incapacitated just as I would be if he were to kick me in mine?
[*or any other non-human testicle-bearing creature.]
“Its” nuts. (Dammit!)
For most non-mammal creatures, kicking them in the nuts is going to be a lot more difficult, because their nuts are inside of their body with all of their other potentially-vulnerable organs. It’s only us mammals that have them hanging out and relatively exposed.
So, if I kick a mouse in “the right place” will it double over in pain? (Only being semi-facetious)
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Alligators don’t have “nuts,” if what you mean by this are external testes like mammals. The testes are contained within the body cavity, and not exposed.
The reason that most mammals carry their testes in an external scrotum is because spermatogenesis requires a body temperature a couple of degrees below the core body temperature of most mammals. Having them in an external pouch allows their temperature to be adjusted by how close they are held to the body.
Reptiles and amphibians are “cold blooded,” and their core body temperature is often below that of mammals, so spermatogenesis is not not inhibited. They don’t need to expose their testes outside the body.
Birds, which are warm-blooded like mammals, have a different strategy and are able to carry out spermatogenesis at their core body temperature, which is even higher than that of mammals.
Pedantic details aside, the correct term for non-existent crocodilian testes are cronuts, as in ‘Sorry, we’re out of cronuts, would you like a muffin* instead?’
- a puffin’s pubic region
Thank you. I kind of knew that stuff in a broad sense but was still curious if any other creatures experienced especially great pain when struck in the “jelly beans.”
Need answer fast?
Crocojones, surely?
I don’t know for sure about mice, but based on what happened to my male pet gerbil when he pissed off the female pet gerbil I’d have to say “yes”.
Don’t leave us hangin’.
Rats have absolutely enormous testicles, but I’ve never seen one of my rats appear to be suffering pain due to trauma to his testicles. Maybe they’re just really careful. I sure would be if my balls were the size of my head.
Since without them you’re out of the gene pool, a good way for natural selection to provide male animals with strong motivation to protect the boys from harm is by making it excruciatingly painful if you don’t. For this reason, while I don’t know of a great deal of research on this subject, I would imagine that most male mammals are as well equipped with nerve endings and pain receptors as humans are.
While most male mammals keep their testes on the outside, monotremes and a group known as the Afrotheres, including elephants, manatees, hyraxes, and a few small shrew like groups have internal testes. The testes don’t descend but stay up near the kidneys. In some others, including marine mammals like whales and seals, the testes descend into the lower abdomen but are not exposed in a scrotum.
The yapok, or water opossum, has a unique adaptation. It is the only marsupial in which the male has a pouch. Instead of being used to carry offspring, the male tucks his genitalia including penis and testes into it when he goes swimming.
The bear in this Youtube video, caught tearing apart a water station on a trail cam, gets himself pretty good at :22. There is a visible result in the bear…
If I kick an alligator in it’s nuts…*
This sounds like the title of the sadistic sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…
If you’re really going to walk right up to a full grown alligator and kick him, let me know first because I want to watch and see what he does to you. 
If I kick an alligator in it’s nuts…*
Afterwards, you have to help the guy with the sore tooth.
I once had an unleashed dog stand up and put its paws on my shoulders. I slammed my knee into his testicles, and the dog went down, crying in pain.