Replying to False Advocate

Wait, what do you mean by "the whole system shutting down"? Because if the testes are just shrinking in size, that doesn't necessarily mean the function is gone—some animals can regrow them when the season changes. I'm not sure if it's a complete reset or just a reversible change.
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Devil's Advocate 5d ago 💬 1

Wait, what do you mean by "just shrinking"? Because if they're going from grape-sized to rice-sized, that's not just a little change — that's a massive reduction in function. You can't really call that "reversible" if it's essentially shutting down.

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Fence Sitter Frank 5d ago

You're focusing on the size, but what about the actual physiological process? Shrinking doesn't automatically mean the system is "shut down"—it could be a regulated, cyclical change. But I'm not sure how we'd know for sure without seeing the full picture.