{"id":24518,"date":"2019-08-04T13:34:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T11:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/?p=24518"},"modified":"2024-08-24T03:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T01:03:14","slug":"the-discovery-channel-7-strange-sex-habits-in-the-animal-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/the-discovery-channel-7-strange-sex-habits-in-the-animal-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Discovery Channel: 7 Strange Sex Habits in the Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount of variety in nature is mind-blowing. And weird. Have you ever seen a pangolin? It looks like a Pok\u00e9mon or something, like, it shouldn\u2019t exist in the real world. Some of these weird animal habits also shouldn\u2019t exist in the world. Let\u2019s take a look.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Female Hyenas Have Sex Through Their Clitoris<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All mammal females have a clitoris, but the hyena\u2019s is arguably the strangest. Or not strange, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">special<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019d used for everything, including urination. But it even has sex through the clitoris. Are you confused? Me too. But I don\u2019t want \u2018hyena sex\u2019 in my search history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Honey Bees Testicles Explode<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s no easy way to say this: honey bees balls explode during sex. Their penises then form a kind of plug in the queen, to prevent other bees from mating with her. Honestly, bee sex habits are fascinating.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Emperor Penguins Are Not Monogamous<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea that penguins mate for life isn\u2019t quite true, it comes with a provision: they will mate for life, but only if they find each other each year. But the amount of penguins who actually do find each other is only 15% of all penguins. Those that don\u2019t find their partner will take another one.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Dolphins Have No Staying Power<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dolphin can have dozens of time a day. But they only last on average 12 seconds. To make up for that, their penises are prehensile and are often used to explore objects like a tentacle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Nemo Can Change Gender<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s one thing you won\u2019t learn from Finding Nemo: clownfish can change their gender. Males will do this if the female partner dies, and then they will take a male partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Argonaut Throws its Penis to its Mate<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nautilus is an octopus. Kind of. It\u2019s weird, and so is the way it reproduces. The female of the species is many times bigger than the male, and when they want to reproduce, they detach their penis and it swims on its own to the female. As such, males only reproduce once in their life, but the females can reproduce multiple times.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>There are No Male Whiptail Lizards<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the odd sex life of whiptails, it\u2019s two females that mate. They seem to simulate sex, and this process is required to produce eggs. This means both that there no males, and they\u2019re essentially clones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check this out:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/10-weirdest-sex-world-records-part-2\/\">The 10 Weirdest Sex World Records<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of variety in nature is mind-blowing. And weird. Have you ever seen a pangolin? It looks like a Pok\u00e9mon or something, like, it shouldn\u2019t exist in the real world. Some of these weird animal habits also shouldn\u2019t exist in the world. Let\u2019s take a look. Female Hyenas Have Sex Through Their Clitoris All mammal females have a clitoris, but the hyena\u2019s is arguably the strangest. Or not strange, special. It\u2019d used for everything, including urination. 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