In a Halloween-timed scientific publication, a team of researchers from China and the United Kingdom have found that not only do fruit bats have oral sex (specifically, fellatio) but that they (a) do it in at least one interesting way and that (b) fruit bat fellatio is association with a longer time spent copulating (aka “doing it”). So how are the bats doing it? Continue Reading →
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Want to get shagged by a rare parrot?
Like this cameraman did? Continue Reading →
Hearts Aren’t Just For Humans
This dog is precious no matter what but given my obsession with hearts, the fact that (s)he has a heart marking on the side of the tummy-tum-tum makes her/him that much more adorable to me. Continue Reading →
Giant Pandas Talk Sex Too
Discovery News reports on a new study – the first ever to look at the possible content of what pandas say to each other – and finds pandas have interesting things to say around breeding season. Continue Reading →
Sex toy doll for dogs
For people who insist on giving their dogs everything humans have and more (clothes, toys, beds) comes a sex toy for dogs. Continue Reading →
Male camels use artificial vaginas (pocket pussies) too
While searching for scientific articles related to (human) male ejaculation earlier this week, I stumbled upon an article about camel semen. Not being one to pass up new knowledge, I skimmed through the article’s abstract only to find that the researchers alluded to the fact that they used a “rubber funnel type of artificial vagina” to collect semen from male camels. Now, I study sex. And I also study what people do with sex toys such as vibrators and pocket pussies (male masturbation sleeves, in which human men insert their penis, rub it up and down, and then – in many cases – ejaculate). But a pocket pussy for camels? Continue Reading →
Magic markers can change bird testosterone levels?
Yes, it’s true – well, sort of. An interesting aspect of animal sex research is that scientists sometimes manipulate animals’ bodies (such as the color or style of birds’ feathers) to learn more about how their bodies or their display of their bodies is related to sexual behavior or mating (like how male peacocks display their marvelous fan of feathers). In a recent study reported on by the Associated Press, scientists found that when they used magic markers to darken the feathers of male barn swallows, females were differently attracted to them and the male swallows’ testosterone levels increased too. Here is an excerpt from the article:
A little strategically placed makeup quickly turns the wimpiest of male barn swallows into chick magnets, amping up their testosterone and even trimming their weight, new research shows. It’s a "clothes make the man" lesson that – with some caveats – also applies to human males, researchers say. Continue Reading →
Komodo dragon virgin births
Fascinating! In this New York Times article, writer Neil Shubin tells us about the relatively new discovery that female komodo dragons can occasionally reproduce without males. Read the full article here. [Image via this site.] Continue Reading →