# Do animals perform cunnilingus and-or fellatio? And why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 14, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039 "2009-07-14T21:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/21 "2009-07-15T17:01:39Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I read somewhere that there are only two species that seem to enjoy sex for the sake of having sex (as opposed to just procreate): Dolphins and Humans > > There is not much call for cunnilingus/fellatio just to procreate (that is wham, bam you’re outta there). Those things are done for fun. Don’t watch much Discovery Channel, huh? There are animals with mating/courtship rituals that take _weeks_. It’s not out of the question that oral stimulation of the genitalia could be involved, though we’ll have to wait for Colibri to show up and tell us which animal actually does that. The Lesser-spotted Australian Pygmy Giraffe, I bet. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/22 "2009-07-15T17:03:56Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Yeah, I got that email forward a long time ago, too, and thought it was hysterical, and chimed in here to say what **MEBuckner** said, but not as well. > > **MEBuckner** , I salute you. 🆒 I think it’d be closer to reality to say that humans are the only creatures who \*abstain \*from sex for the sake of enjoyment of sex. We love it, so it must not be good and holy, so we don’t do it. I dunno about dolphins on that ground, although I doubt they’re that twisted 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/23 "2009-07-15T19:39:57Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Bonobos (pygmy chimps) are the real sexual champions of the primate world including us. They get into some kinky stuff. Those Bonobos in their little bondage get ups are just so precious. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/24 "2009-07-16T05:35:26Z")
> [@Rucksinator](#): > > Also, while I’m here: How do you pronounce “bonobo”? 😕 How many different ways can it be pronounced? Is that a whoosh? OK, I’ll bite: it’s Beau No Beau; or, Will I have a date tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/25 "2009-07-16T06:21:15Z")
I dunno. The pronunciation you’ve given is boh-noh-boh, the same vowel in each syllable, stress unspecified. However, the pronunciation I am accustomed to, and supported by dictionaries, is buh- **noh** -boh, with a schwa in the first syllable, and the second syllable stressed. Alternative, erroneous possibilities include bah-nuh-boh, buh-nah-boh, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![bonitahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/26 "2009-07-16T15:44:34Z")
Do ‘lesser’ animals than mammals perform cunnilingus and-or fellatio? ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/27 "2009-07-16T19:37:32Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Why? Because they are not Catholics. 😃 > > So sayth a former semi-catholic. Is \*that \* why you think you weren’t getting any? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/28 "2009-07-16T21:46:31Z")
> [@smoke](#): > > Is \*that \* why you think you weren’t getting any? \ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/29 "2009-07-16T22:42:18Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > 😕 How many different ways can it be pronounced? BON-nuh-boe or BONE-uh-boe would be reasonable, too. It’s not completely obvious which way it should be pronounced. For example, “Kokomo” (same consonant and vowel pattern–in fact, same exact vowels) is “KOE-kuh-moe” not “kuh-KOE-moe.” ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/30 "2009-07-17T00:52:25Z")
There’s an article from [_Slate_](http://www.slate.com) today; [Hands or Paws or Anything They Got](http://www.slate.com/id/2223013). Apparently pretty much everything that moves is out there is masturbating. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/31 "2009-07-17T02:04:14Z")
My male Portuguese Water Dog regularly goes down on my female PWD. Seriously. Why? I think that for him, it tastes good; nothing sexual. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/32 "2009-07-17T05:36:54Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > my male portuguese water dog regularly goes down on my female pwd. Seriously. Why? I think that for him, it tastes good; nothing sexual. “tastes great!” “less filling!” ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039/33 "2009-07-17T15:50:35Z")
Well, first you have to get a jar of peanut butter… –Cliffy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039.md?page=1)