# Ya wanna?..no, I can't..

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-wanna-no-i-cant/395033 "2007-03-08T00:32:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-wanna-no-i-cant/395033/1 "2007-03-08T00:32:50Z")

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Do males in the animal kingdom experience a refractory period after orgasm?

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-wanna-no-i-cant/395033/2 "2007-03-08T00:45:03Z")

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Well, dogs “tie” together, yelping and three-legged-racing (well, seven-legged-racing? Six? You know.) all around the yard.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-wanna-no-i-cant/395033/3 "2007-03-08T02:26:05Z")

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There’s a joke in here somewhere, but I cant find it…

I would guess all mammals have such a period, as I’m also guessing our penii are very similar.