Mating!

[Caran]

Do we know if animals and birds get any pleasure out of mating?
Just watching a wildlife programme and it made me wonder.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.livescience.com/9631-animals-enjoy-sex.html

[Caran]

Thank you Mamya, how do you know these things, you amaze me?

[Mamyalynne]

I am Earth Mother and Universal Soldier ;-)

[Caran]

Well I knew that all along, but where do you get it from? It must be the Bolton air that does it.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, it wafts down from the Moors.

[trt]

They must do, or if they didn't, they wouldn't be bothered just like us humans. :-)

[Prudie]

Well I'm sure at least the males do, same the whole world over!

[Tilly2]

I think it's more to do with procreation than with actually enjoying it.

They have to spread those genes around.

[trt]

## Well I'm sure at least the males do, same the whole world over! ##

Why do Women have this concept, that Men are always looking/wanting for sex, but Ladies can take it or leave it?

[douglas9401]

It's because they haven't had a couple of glasses of wine yet, trt. :)

[Togo]

Where's my beer goggles. (oo)

[hc4361]

Lots of different animals have been shown masturbating, so they must get some enjoyment from it.

[choux]

Caran - had you typed into Google "do animals enjoy mating" you would have found the link to livescience yourself - together with various other options. Using the internet is not (always) rocket science ;)

[Togo]

I wondered why the Crocodile had a permanent smile.

[Prudie]

I don't have the concept that men are always wanting sex and woman not so much. What I meant is in answer to the OP and that's about getting pleasure from it. Not many men needs rabbits.

[bhg481]

Do animals, including humans, do anything from which they get no pleasure? The pleasure may be delayed, in the case of thinking animals, but there's always pleasure at the end of it eg, you may not get short-term pleasure from going to the dentist but you know you'll be better off in the long run.

[Togo]

Some of us enjoy Rabbit stew or pie Prudie. :))