The animal kingdom
Sex in the rest of the animal kingdom is weirder, older and more varied than anything our own species has come up with. It is also the fastest way to notice that almost nothing about human sex is unique -- including the parts people assume must be.
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The male seahorse is pregnant, in the full sense
Not carrying eggs — an actual placenta, and actual labour.
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Bonobos use sex the way other species use diplomacy
Food arrives, tension rises, and the tension is resolved sexually.
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One octopus detaches an arm and sends it swimming
It swam off so convincingly that science named it as a parasite.
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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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The female spotted hyena has a phallus
She urinates, mates and gives birth through the same organ.
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In turtles, the sand decides the sex
There are no sex chromosomes. There is a thermometer.Browse by shelf
Seven questions
Wondering what would suit you?
Seven questions, two minutes, and one straight answer. Nothing is saved.
Take the seven questions Twenty questions, for twoWould you rather talk about it together?
You each answer twenty questions on your own. Afterwards you see only what you both said yes or maybe to — and a plan for the things you agreed on.
Open Let’s talk about sexGeneral information, not medical advice. Anything persistent or painful belongs with a doctor, who has heard it before.