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Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows
(www.theguardian.com)
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Animal sexual behavior is under-reported in general, I think. Do not forget to report!
Probably because a lot of it is real fucked up, and makes people uncomfortable.
Like female bedbugs not having vaginas and so males have a sharp penis and literally stab the females with it often resulting in death of the female, because it's literally just an open wound.
Further, male angler fish only exist to find the female, touch her, get stuck to her, and get absorbed by her body until all that's left is the testes, now absorbed by and part of the female. The female can hold multiple testes of multiple males inside of her and choose to self-impregnate whenever she chooses.
Don't even get me started on felines and spiny penises so the female can't escape once the male has entered.
Like a huge amount of animal sex is rape.
Yeah I don't spend my time reporting it because all it does is remind me how lucky I am to be human and be able to have a consensual, loving relationship with another human.
I think the point is, human discomfort shouldn't play a role in scientific reporting. Humans have projected a lot of human social elements (sex and gender roles, etc) onto animals and called it science, but it's not objective. If we are self censoring, we can't effectively share knowledge with others and we might miss important things down the line.
If cat cock upsets you, don’t look up duck dick.
i mean they could look up Echidna Dick
try hyena clit instead
Pretty much all duck sex. Sometimes males will gang rape a female to death.
But but but puzzle vagina
She can just shut it down /s
Not all some.
The documentary on koalas I watched 2-3 decades ago was kind of traumatizing.
Female garter snakes at the Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba would agree.
Is it bad that part of me is like "GOOD!" because, "fuck bed bugs!"?
You can't. They don't have vaginas.
You just say that to distract yourself from the fact you indirectly fuck multiple bedbugs every time you mess around in bed.
Doesn't stop male bed bugs
I didn't mean to insult your dagger-penis, I'm sure it's very sharp.
I'm pretty sure female bedbugs do have vaginas and it's just that the males don't care. Also it's somehow better if they stab them.
Ok but that anglerfish thing is kinda hot.