Posted on 05/05/2022 9:34:11 PM PDT by algore
In one of the more bizarre scientific encounters ever, two male dolphins have been seen playing with an anaconda while sexually aroused.
Researchers photographed the Bolivian river dolphins holding the unfortunate anaconda in their mouths as they swam in Bolivia's Tijamuchi River.
But what was especially odd was that the dolphins had erect penises as they were carrying the snake, scientists reveal in a new study
'It could have been sexually stimulating for them,' said Diana Reiss, a marine mammal scientist at Hunter College in New York told the New York Times.
Reiss, who was not involved with the study, said the anaconda 'could have been something to rub on'.
It has long been believed that male dolphins have sex for pleasure, because some have been seen masturbating and even penetrating each other's blow holes.
The huge snake was a Beni anaconda (Eunectes beniensis), an apex predator that reaches around 14 feet in length.
It's semi-aquatic, but according to researchers this particular specimen likely perished because its head was being held underwater for too long as the dolphins swam with it.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Don't want none
TMI
Fake news.
even in nature, homosexuality is a mental disorder...
One looks like Martin Short.
“It’s semi-aquatic, but according to researchers this particular specimen likely perished because its head was being held underwater for too long as the dolphins swam with it.”
Necrophile dolphins.
Creepy.
Having seen a pod of Dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico; I can tell you with full honesty; Flipper is NOT a tender lover. Multiple males and the female sometimes dies during the process.
It is not what I expected
Trying to re-enact the famous Tim Conway-Carol Burnett 2-elephant blooper scene.
You can do sidebends or situps...
I thought dolphins were almost always sexually aroused. Like humans, they’re interested year-round, and engage in sex play all the time. They seem to be somewhat bisexual (or pansexual, given this article) in terms of interest.
A search on ‘dolphin sex’ brings up some fascinating articles...
Pretty bad when the headline made me think of Madison Cawthorne.
Dolphaggots
GMAFB
Yeah well, that's just you. Â Yes, pretty bad.
This place has gone to hell.
It has long been believed that male dolphins have sex for pleasure, because some have been seen masturbating and even penetrating each other’s blow holes.
Not gonna comment…..
I feel that way when I see people treating others like crap here.
But not when I see articles about animal behavior. Animals are what they are. They aren’t human, and have very different behaviors. We can learn a lot from them - even about ourselves.
Dolphin behavior, in the minds of humans, is very libertine; most articles you find about it online are injected with humor, probably in an effort to deflect from some of the specifics. But their behavior is important to them and to what they are.
I’ve been in the ocean so near dolphins that I could throw a ball and hit one, and feel the pounding of the alpha translating through the water. They are wondrous animals.
Not that there's anything wrong with that....
If you’re referring to the one with Dick Van Dyke, that thing still has me ROTFLMAO to this day. Tim Conway was a woefully underrated comedy genius.
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