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[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago

I have always loved ther verbiage about Giraffes on the Wikipedia page below.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_displaying_homosexual_behavior

[-] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 months ago

At first this caption made me think that Kenyan giraffes are especially gay, as if Kenya was some kind of Washington D.C. of giraffe world. In other news, I am now aware of grey whale orgies.

[-] oo1 10 points 4 months ago

Right whales too - with a metric tonne of balls to bring to the party - they are made for lovin' not fightin':

Right whales form large mating aggregations, which can include several males seeking access to a female. However, unlike humpback whale competitive groups, male right whales do not engage in aggressive displays. One female may successively mate with several males, and it is believed that males compete to pass their genes to the next generation through quantity of sperm they deliver when they mate, rather than fighting for access to females. This theory is supported by the fact that male right whales have the largest testes of any animal on earth (up to 500 kg each), as well as extremely large penises.

https://iwc.int/about-whales/whale-species/right-whale