Chickens. don't. menstruate.

Sheesh.

Repeat after me:

Menstruation has nothing to do with eggs. Ovulation produces eggs. Menstruation is the shedding of the uterine lining, the endometrium. Menstruation occurs only in some mammals. Chickens are not mammals. I will not sleep through high school biology again. I will not sleep through high school biology again. I will not sleep through high school biology again.

Thanks to Antinous of Boing Boing for the quote, and thanks to Terrierman for the vid [third one in linked post] of the raw food peeps chiding us [er, me — I had (cage-free!) scrambled eggs for breakfast] for exploiting chicken periods.

Also: pendejo means 'pubic hair.'

This concludes today's installment of Our Bodies, Our Selves. Tune in next week and find out: Is honey really just bee spit?