# Any species that reproduces through sex but doesn't have sex for pleasure, too? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 16, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083 "2005-01-16T21:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083/21 "2005-01-17T03:37:40Z")
> [@Typically Sunday](#): > > I have no idea how necrophiliac ducks and leg-humping dogs fit in. Obviously, they’re having sex for pleasure too. ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083/22 "2005-01-17T03:52:46Z")
> [@Typically Sunday](#): > > I’m pretty sure that only humans, bonobos, and dolphins have sex for pleasure. I have no idea how necrophiliac ducks and leg-humping dogs fit in. You haven’t had the pleasure of meeting my couch-humping, floor-grinding cats. Lots of species NEED the nookie, and several get pleasure from it. Some species just start provocative threads and hang around for the fallout. We call those **Kel** s. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083/23 "2005-01-17T16:57:30Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > Do trees have sex? Have you ever seen sap running out of a knot hole? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083/24 "2005-01-17T17:02:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Male ducks engage in necrophila (known in the scientific literature as “Davian behavior,” after the hermit in the well-known limerick), including homosexual necrophilia, which indicates that reproduction is certainly not the uppermost thing on their tiny ducky minds. But why a duck? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083/25 "2005-01-17T17:09:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > But why a duck? Because if you try it with a horse, you’ll find out why a duck! ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083/26 "2005-01-17T17:44:59Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s also worth pointing out that many species have sex only once and then die immediately after reproduction. Which is one way to get out of “pillow talk”. More advanced species just roll over and pretend to be asleep. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083/27 "2005-01-17T19:03:17Z")
For most species of spiders, mating involves the death of the male! In tarantulas, the male must escape, immediately after impregnating the female. If he doesn’t get away, he will be killed and eaten. Makes you wonder about the “pleasure” part of it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-species-that-reproduces-through-sex-but-doesnt-have-sex-for-pleasure-too/285083.md?page=1)