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Do they experience “being in heat.”
So this IS a question! (I didn’t have enough space in the question’s box, so here is my train of thought about my wondering, down below 👇). Skip to the bottom for my restated question, if you wish.
My wondering:
Being in heat is what most traditional animals led by instinct experience, & it runs in dependable/predictable cycles.
The cycles are usually pretty synchronized between male & females, and so we have the term “mating season.”
Males can also react/respond to the cycles and seasons of when she is most fertile. (Seasons of estrus).
Usually Cats who are known for being in heat are not exactly “desiring stimulation,” as they are instinctively desiring to *be produced with,* due to their cycle of fertility.
Dolphins are somewhat interesting to me because they have been claimed to be the only, or one of very few animals, that have sexual intercourse for pleasure. Killer whales were studied and found to have liked the sensation of rubbing/chafing their bodies along a smooth-stoned rock bed on/near one of their migration routes.
Unfortunately (because I find it slightly disturbing 😂) there was also evidence of dolphins performing, what is known to humans, as masturbation.
One male dolphin in particular, used the carcass of another marine animal.
I don’t see the logic myself, but it still remains *proof* that dolphins and killer whales have displayed sexual behavior outside the grounds- and waters! (Pun intended 😂) of ‘mating rituals.’ Is it normal or abnormal? I don’t know. 🤷♀️
Now scientists & researchers will claim it’s for pleasure, given the nature of the intelligence of Dolphins,
BUT
Can their intelligence really cross over to a sexual plane & be that advanced for an animal?
If it’s true for dolphins, how come we have not seen apes/chimps/ or some elephants perform similar activities?
I am sure many of us are familiar with dogs who grind on stuffed toys or so- thanks to the film ‘Click’ with Adam Sandler, many children’s childhoods can be tainted if they had no adult supervision and/or censorship, while seeing the film.
Nevertheless, there have been accounts of female dogs grinding other female dogs or male dogs- & this has been recorded as showing dominance.
(I don’t went to get into this part, if it’s really dominance, or not because USUALLY dogs operate/socialize by bodily stances and physical cues, not actual physical contact.. unless they’re directly fighting, playing, or mating).
Dogs specifically, have been claimed to perform this maneuver as practice or a way of coping from stress & anxiety, if that is/was prevalent in the dog.
Now that we have considered dogs who do it as a ‘display of dominance’ (dog-on-dog) & coping (dog on toy/random object/ even the air 🤧).
Is it possible dolphins only perform these maneuvers because they too, are practicing? As Wild Cat cubs practice pouncing to fine tune their predatory instincts and skills?
If Dolphins are NOT anxious or showing dominance, nor practicing, what could possibly cause them to be aroused?
Does the stimulation of water moving against them, just cause them to think of “it?”
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My Question:
Are they even truly experiencing arousal? As humans do? Or are they simply behaving like animals, in their own ways, as OTHER animals do?
(All images sourced from Google).
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