10 weird things about animal sex

This curious little compilation courtesy of LifeStyles(R) Brand Condoms.

I have my doubts about this list. For example, how do they know other animals don't have sex for pleasure? Has anyone asked them? I didn't think so! (And, um, what about other great apes???)

THE TOP 10 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANIMALS.

Q: What are the only two species that have sex for pleasure?
A: Humans and dolphins

Q: What king of the jungle can mate more than 50 times a day?
A: A lion

Q: What circus performer can be pregnant for up to 2 years?
A: An elephant

Q: What slimy creature has reproductive organs in its head?
A: A snail

Q: What is the only bird with a penis?
A: A swan

Q: What barnyard animal can have an orgasm that can last for 30 minutes?
A: A pig

Q: What spider will usually eat the male after mating?
A: A female black widow. She only has to mate once because she can store the male's sperm, and then fertilize her own eggs as she lays them in the sac.

Q: What insect may attack and eat the father of her own children?
A: A female praying mantis

Q: What aquatic creature has the biggest penis?
A: That distinction belongs to the blue whale. The largest measured penis reached 8 feet!

Q: What furry creature has two reproductive channels?
A: A female rabbit has two vaginas.

Comments

[Rachel]

Having bred rats I know that female rats have sex for pleasure with each other.

[Gloria]

I totally believe it. I think many (if not most) species enjoy the act. From a biologically POV, I'm becoming more and more convinced that orgasm is the POINT of sex - and not reproduction, as many religions would have us believe.

[Nightheron2n]

And ducks are known to have penises. In fact, the penises of some ducks are often longer than their bodies.

[Peter Tupper]

Haven't these people heard of bonoboes? I haven't looked into it in detail, but I think in highly social mammals you see a lot of non-reproductive sex for purposes of social bonding and conflict resolution.

And yet people will be quoting these factoids for decades to come.