I’d like to take a moment in honor of Valentine’s Day to talk about fun mating facts of the animal kingdom. Let’s start with deep-sea anglerfish, because even hideous and slightly terrifying bottom-dwellers need and get love.
“The male anglerfish latches onto the female like a parasite, living off her food and fertilizing her when she’s ready to lay eggs.” (Together forever.)
Now let’s look at some more fun-facts:
- The male hippo attracts a female by using his tail to spray her with his feces.
- Because they are hermaphrodites, flatworms duke it out with their penises to decide which one will be the woman.
- In certain midges, intercourse appears to include kissing, but it is in fact the female sucking out the male’s bodily fluids.
- Cichlid fish eggs are fertilized by the male while they’re being carried in the female’s mouth.
- During the mating season, the red-side garter snake will engage in a massive orgy, with one female taking on hundreds of partners.
- The female bedbug mates by getting jabbed in the abdomen by the male’s penis.
- The male porcupine showers the female with a long stream of urine before mating.
- The male octopus’s penis breaks off during mating, but don’t worry, it will grow back the following season.
Huzzah for love.
hahahahaha.
