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Dolphins were the case that settled an old argument
The question of whether animals feel pleasure had an anatomical answer.
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species with a documented clitoris
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3 species with a documented clitoris
It was assumed for a long time that non-human animals had sex for reproduction and nothing else. Dolphins have always been the awkward exception — they mate year-round, in same-sex pairings, outside any fertile window, and with evident persistence.
In 2022 a dissection study of bottlenose dolphin clitorises found large erectile bodies, an unusually dense supply of nerve endings, and thin skin over the surface — the same combination that in humans is understood to produce pleasure. The anatomy settled what the behaviour had suggested for fifty years.
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Dolphins are one of very few species besides humans documented to masturbate, to have sex face to face, and to form long-term same-sex bonds. Bonobos and some macaques make up most of the rest of the list.
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