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A penis (/ ˈ p iː n ɪ s /; pl.: penises or penes) is a male sex organ that is used to inseminate female or hermaphrodite animals during copulation. [1] [2] Such organs occur in both vertebrates and invertebrates, including humans, but not in all male animals. [3] The term penis applies to many intromittent organs, but not to all.
In 2019, Swiss police shared a video of a man having sex with a donkey as part of an anti-zoophilia campaign. The video, which is fictionalized, was harshly criticized by critics. [98] [deprecated source] In British culture, donkey sex is a light topic and is used to shame and ridicule those allegedly involved. There is a significant amount of ...
The size of adult elephants makes them nearly invulnerable to predators. [33] Calves may be preyed on by lions, spotted hyenas, and wild dogs in Africa [94] and tigers in Asia. [33] The lions of Savuti, Botswana, have adapted to hunting elephants, targeting calves, juveniles or even sub-adults.
Chimpanzees have full mouth-to-mouth contact, and bonobos kiss with their mouth open and mutual tongue stimulation. [2] There are a variety of acts to show affection such as African elephants intertwining their trunks, giraffes engaging in "necking", and Hanuman langurs cuddling with each other in a front to back sitting position.
Both female African elephants were captured in the wild in Swaziland in 2016 and brought to American zoos in an extremely controversial operation that critics of elephant captivity still fight to ...
Many animal species have specific mating (or breeding) periods e.g. (seasonal breeding) so that offspring are born or hatch at an optimal time. In marine species with limited mobility and external fertilisation like corals , sea urchins and clams , the timing of the common spawning is the only externally visible form of sexual behaviour.
The second elephant calf in two weeks has been born at a California zoo. African elephant Amahle gave birth early Monday morning, according to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. The new additions are the ...
In elephants, the breeding season is less pronounced than in ungulates and it usually spikes when the rains season occurs or shortly thereafter. [29] [1] The rut is observed in both African and Asian elephants and it is referred to as musth. [30] Its meaning is derived from the Urdu word mast meaning intoxication. The most prominent ...