Well, they knew. Probably thousands of years ago too. But these days we just take these names and terms for granted without ever checking into things ourselves.
What the fuck are you talking about Mike?
Well, for example…
You may have on the off chance once or twice referred to a "penis" as a "cock". But do you know why? It's because when you take a rooster and pull all of its feathers off of its neck, it looks like a giant penis.
Ever been down south and heard a police officer refer to an African-American as a "coon"? Well next time you see a dead Raccoon on the side of the road, pull over, shave its hair off, and look at the color and texture of its skin.
And who in the world calls a woman's musky meat pocket a "vagina" anymore? Even doctors refer to it as a "pussy", but do you know why? Next time you are house sitting your girlfriends cat, shave its hair off, pour some baby oil on its neck, and pinch two folds of its skin together. Voila, you have yourself a vagina. Do as you please.
And while we are on the subject of "vagina's", here are a couple more animal inspired name comparisons for some various regional vag's that you may or may not have come across.
"Staten Island Catfish". Go ahead and pick up a girl in Staten Island and you'll see what I mean. Looks like a catfish and smells like a catfish…of course, so does everything else up there…
"Brazilian Sloth". Don't let those classy rich bitches at the New England country clubs fool you. Yeah, they spend $380 every two weeks for a fancy spa pube trim, but in their world only mistresses and cheap whores are hairless. So expect to find things neat and clean, but still hairy and slow going.
"Porcupine Wit". Philadelphia party girl cooch. Sure, that thing was cleanly shaven at one point, but she hasn't been home in 3+ days so now it's all bristly and dangerous. And I don't know if she caught something, or just has poor hygiene, but who ordered the pussy with cheese wiz? Caus I sure didn't…
"Queer Beaver". While in San Francisco take a gander at one of those hippie's twats and see what I mean. It looks like she's wearing a beaver pelt in front complete with an untrimmed taint hair beaver tail running between her legs and up her ass crack. No wonder the men are all gay.
But seriously, it's no fun just knowing where these terms come from and why different things share their names. Really, go out there and see for yourselves. I promise you that you won't be disappointed.
P.S. You might as well just start traveling with a pair of electric trimmers because you're going to need them if you want to see any of these. Pun intended.
P.S.S. The pun was we just discussed a lot of hairy vaginas.
P.S.S.S. The non-pun part was that you're going to need to use the trimmers on the cat, raccoon, and rooster.