# Is there bestiality among beasts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 12, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562 "2007-07-12T23:23:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/41 "2007-07-13T21:15:07Z")
[QUOTE=wevets] Recently there was a lot of commotion surrounding a northern elephant seal known as “Nibbles” up near Jenner, CA (where the Russian River meets the Pacific.) Nibbles repeatedly attempted to mate with harbor seals. Not a good prospect for the harbor seals since Nibbles weighed upwards of 1,000 lbs and the largest harbor seals reach 300 lbs. He killed several of them during his attempts, but no elepharbor seals were produced. [/QUOTE] Nibbles was just a pup if he only weighed 1,000 lbs. Those guys usually weigh 5x that. Jenner is a cool place. I’ve been ab diving there. Didn’t see any elephant seals, though. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/42 "2007-07-13T22:15:17Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] How about inter-phylum sex? Actually, inter-_kingdom_! [(link)](http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/orchid_pollination/) -It might at first appear that this is a case of insects shagging plants, but in fact, it’s actually the plants that are shagging the insects. [/QUOTE] Vegisexual liberation now!!! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/43 "2007-07-13T23:02:04Z")
When beasts go after humans, do they (or we) call it “homiality”? Or maybe homophilia? Hmmm… that last one doesn’t sound right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/44 "2007-07-14T08:40:11Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] When beasts go after humans, do they (or we) call it “homiality”? Or maybe homophilia? Hmmm… that last one doesn’t sound right. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Of course it doesn’t. “Homo” is the _Latin_ for “man”, the Greek for “the same”. You want “androphilia”, I should think. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/45 "2007-07-14T09:42:07Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all! [/QUOTE] And I guess oral could be a bit ::erm:: prickly ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/46 "2007-07-18T17:19:02Z")
… We had a milk cow No milk would she give We had a milk cow No milk would she give One day the rooster Crept into our yard (carrying a step ladder) And caught that milk cow Right off of her guard She’s givin’ milk now Just like she use’ter Ever since that rooster Crept into our ya-a-ard! - Banks & Shanes ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/47 "2007-07-18T19:01:45Z")
We had a rooster no hens would he lay. Just didn’t like 'em… …he was totally gay. Then came a raccoon And let him have it! Just like a rabbit !%%#%&-ing all day. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/48 "2007-07-18T19:03:18Z")
What about invertebrates? Does a rhinoceros beetle ever go at it with a cockroach? Does an octopus force itself on a squid? Does a lobster get the crabs? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/49 "2007-07-19T05:09:49Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] … We had a milk cow No milk would she give We had a milk cow No milk would she give One day the rooster Crept into our yard (carrying a step ladder) And caught that milk cow Right off of her guard She’s givin’ milk now Just like she use’ter Ever since that rooster Crept into our ya-a-ard! - Banks & Shanes [/QUOTE] Don’t you mean “she’s giving _egg nog_”? ---
**Author:** ![dunwitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@dunwitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunwitch)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/50 "2007-07-19T11:23:07Z")
There are several species of salamanders that exist ONLY by inter-species breeding! These unisexual creatures are all female. They go through the process of mating with a male salamander of another species, and the sperm activates the growth of the egg into an embryo but is lost in the process and contributes no genetic information. The female then lays eggs which are clones of the mother salamander (all female). Genus Ambystoma is one group; do a google search for “Unisexual Salamanders” for more info. I believe it’s considered a form of sexual parasitism as the male gets nothing from the encounter (as far as reproductive output, I’m sure he’s got a smile on his face afterwards). ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/51 "2007-07-19T16:31:33Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Some humans will have sex with other species of animal – but humans do a **lot** things that would never even occur to any other species. In the wild, do animals of different species ever mate? [/QUOTE] {…from an old campfire song; Doesn’t seem to have an official source.} [http://www.elowin.com/songs/down\_by\_the\_bay.html](http://www.elowin.com/songs/down_by_the_bay.html) - Did you ever see a goose, kissing a moose? I heard this once at a social group picnic. I said, “Good grief! That sounds like… bestiality!” to the friend singing it. A “camp counselor” of sorts was present and she was not amused. ☹ * * * - Did you ever see a teacher kissing a creature? Here, I thought, we were getting more back to the classic definition of bestiality. Then again, creature is undefined. Humans are “creatures” too. 😉 But then it suddenly occurred to me! “Creature” to me connotes the Swamp Thing! But Abigail Whatzername wasn’t a teach-- WAITAMINUTE! She was shown teaching autistic kids! * * * - Did you ever see a bat kissing a cat? “Holy MUSH!” exclaims Robin! * * * True Blue Jack ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562/52 "2007-07-20T03:18:07Z")
[QUOTE=True Blue Jack] {…from an old campfire song; Doesn’t seem to have an official source.} [http://www.elowin.com/songs/down\_by\_the\_bay.html](http://www.elowin.com/songs/down_by_the_bay.html) [/QUOTE] I once saw a bear, without any hair. How it lost its hair is something I’d just as soon forget, along with the rest of that evening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bestiality-among-beasts/411562.md?page=2)