Porcupines prefer sex toys, and moose get off by rubbing their antlers on trees. While scientists debate the evolutionary reason for masturbation, there's no doubt that we are not alone on our self-pleasure from time to time. Here are the top ten animal masturbators.
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Monkeys
Of course that was predictable. As they are our closest animal relatives. They never hesitate to pleasure themselves by hand or sometime orally. However, this behavior is only noted for some types and the rule is restricted to them only as they are believed to have evolved more than the others.
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Elephants
If you see an elephant on top of a grounded tree bark, or sticking their behind to a rock, know for sure that the elephant is pleasuring itself. the feeling of their genitalia rubbing against a rough object is stimulating and satisfying for elephants. and for some more insight remotely relative information:
Elephant penises are curved like an S that can reach 1-1.5 meters in length and 6 cm in girth. Elephant clitorises can reach up to 40 cm!!!
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Porcupines
Apparently, Porcupines are kinky animals that love toys and using objects to masturbate.
"As the mating season approached, the female porcupine would often rub her genitals on structures such as food and water dishes, sticks, and the cage wire," researcher Albert R. Shadle reported in a 1946 paper.
Shadle also found that lady porcupines were wont to "seize, straddle, and ride sticks about the cage."
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Squirrels
Aha… There are more surprising animals to come.
A new study on African ground squirrels tried to probe the possible adaptive benefits of masturbation. After all, if solo love is so common, there must be an evolutionary reason for it, right?
In a September 2010 paper in the journal PLoS ONE, Jane M. Waterman of the University of Central Florida found that all 20 of the male squirrels observed masturbated to ejaculation and consumed the ejaculate. The researchers observed 105 squirrel masturbation sessions in total.
An analysis of the results suggests male squirrel "masturbation could function as a form of genital grooming," because saliva has anti-bacterial properties, and the act may also reduce their risk of catching a sexually transmitted disease. The ejaculation could also serve as "postcopulatory urination, as a more thorough mechanism to clean vital reproductive tracts after mating than just external genital grooming. Consuming the ejaculate may prevent moisture loss," the researchers wrote.
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Turtles
YES TURTLES!! I didn’t believe it either at first. But when I looked it up, yes it is completely true, not that only; they also produce pleasure squeaking or some kind of voice!
A male turtle will often rub or buck up against a wall, rock or step and repeatedly thrust his penis out of its sheath.
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Walruses
Male walruses are among those flexible animals that enjoy not only manual self-stimulation, but also oral. The marine mammals have been known to use their flippers to get the job done, and their mouths for so-called self-fellation. NASTY!
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Birds
Birds oh Birds! Even birds do masturbate. Most birds have an opening called a cloaca used for both sexual and waste-excretion purposes. Male birds masturbate by bending their tails under an object -- such as a toy, perch, or even a human's hand -- and then rubbing their cloacae on it, explained Dr. Marge Wissman on BirdChannel.com, a resource for pet owners.
A female bird will lift her tail to one side and back up onto an object to rub her cloaca on it.
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Horses
Well.. They are very well known for their enormous penises. Stallion, any man with a large penis. Anyhow, male horses don’t have much pleasure, their best self-pleasuring moments are rubbing their penises against their stomach.
On the other hand, female horses have all the pleasure by lifting their tales and rubbing against trees or walls. And researchers discovered that the female horse actually orgasms and ejaculates some kind of fluid one the climax is reached.
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Cats and Dogs (Equally)
As all dog and cat owners know, they do hump almost anything soft, new, living, dead… Anything! The shocking news is that most of the time they know it is noting of any nature related to their species, but they do it just to prove dominance by pleasuring themselves. A win-win scenario!
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Moose
It is almost improbable to see a moose just wandering like that, they are most of their wandering time masturbating. How do we know? Well, by just rubbing their antlers on any nearby trees, they reach orgasm and they can orgasm as many as 50 times a day!!!
So now we know… We are not alone. We should not feel lonely or sad when masturbating. It is something as natural as many animals engage themselves in without the need to think or imagine. The only difference is that when humans masturbate, they have a goal, reaching orgasm. But when animals masturbate, it is like enjoying PlayStation without a specific goal set in mind.
