Seal Tries Sex with Penguin

Found this story on Live Science and couldn't help but wonder if the seal was half blind.

"A seal has been caught on camera trying to have sex with a penguin.

This seems to be the first known example of a sexual escapade between a mammal and another kind of vertebrate such as a bird, reptile or fish, "although some mammals are known to have attempted sexual relief with inanimate — including dead things — objects," said researcher Nico de Bruyn, a mammal ecologist at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

One summer morning, scientists observing elephant seals on a beach on Marion Island near the Antarctic spotted a young male Antarctic fur seal subduing a king penguin.

"At first we thought it was hunting the penguin, but then it became clear that his intentions were rather more amorous," de Bruyn recalled today via email.

The roughly 240-pound seal subdued the 30-pound adult penguin by lying on it. The hapless bird of unknown sex struggled, rapidly flapping its flippers and attempting to stand and flee, without luck.

The seal then alternated between resting on the penguin and thrusting its pelvis at the bird in vain attempts to insert its penis for 45 minutes. Natural, unsuccessful sexual escapades by this variety of seal with members of its own species may last as long as this penguin assault did, "but yes, it is quite a long time and thus unusual," de Bruyn told LiveScience."

5 comments:

Baila said...

Is this considered rape?

And where do you find this stuff????

[at first I thought you were talking about Heidi Klum's husband and became very concerned about the state of their marriage]

SuperRaizy said...

If the penguin had lived in a Muslim country, she would have been brutally killed by her brothers because she brought dishonor upon the family.

Deadman said...

I guess the seal needs more sex at home...

Unknown said...

O.O

Jack Steiner said...

Baila,

I find this stuff on news sites.

Raizy,

Sad, but true.

Dead,

;)

Z,

:)

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