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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Giraffe, why are you gay?

Disclaimer: Pepe Julian Onziema is an absolute legend and hero and is based in Kenya's neighbor Uganda, not actually Kenya, but THAT interview is a source of joy for me and jumped to my head.