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The flehmen response (/ ˈ f l eɪ m ən /; from German flehmen, to bare the upper teeth, and Upper Saxon German flemmen, to look spiteful), also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehmen grimace, flehming, or flehmening, is a behavior in which an animal curls back its upper lip exposing its front teeth, inhales with the nostrils usually closed, and then often holds this position ...
The courting male also often performs a 'foreleg kick', in which he snaps his front leg up against the other male's belly or between his hind legs. He also occasionally sniffs and nuzzles the other male's genital area and may perform the flehmen response. Thinhorn rams additionally lick the penis of the male they are courting.
The Flehmen response is exhibited by rams when they smell the urine of a ewe in estrus. The vomeronasal organ has receptors which detect the estrogen in the ewe's urine. [ 4 ] The ram displays this by extending his neck and curling his lip.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident on Interstate 69 and shared photos and videos of the rescued animals on Facebook. None of the animals were injured in the fire ...
Okay, this is reading like someone conducted a study and compared the Flehmen rates of females (I assume the rates at which the females made a flehmen response) to each other and found that when the flehmen rate of one female was similar to that of another, it was a strong indicator the two females would give birth around the same time, but ...
The giraffe's head and neck are held up by large muscles and a nuchal ligament, which are anchored by long thoracic vertebrae spines, giving them a hump. [17] [63] [36] Adult male reticulated giraffe feeding high on an acacia, in Kenya. The giraffe's neck vertebrae have ball and socket joints.
Several observations indicate that male–male sexual preference in rams is sexually motivated. Rams routinely perform the same courtship behaviors (including foreleg kicks, nudges, vocalizations, anogenital sniffs and flehmen) prior to mounting other males as observed when other rams court and mount estrous females. Furthermore, pelvic ...
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Police showed up at William Neal's home in the 1900 block of Maple Street about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in response to a possible domestic battery for which police said they had ...