Do animals have orgasms like humans?
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yes they are aroused, but not by the same things as us. Yes they have the same mechanical processes as we do for an orgasm.  Although I'm sure they don't have the emotional hangups that we do.  And dolphins aren't the only other animals that have sex for recreation.  There is a primate called the Bonobo that pretty much has sex all the time. Male-female, same sex, masturbation....whatever, they don't care.
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It's clear that humans and animals (especially those close to us in the evolutionary tree), share similar chemical responses in their brain when faced with highly emotional situations.  Whether it be fear, contentment, mating urges, we have a lot of analogous mechanisms going on.  On this basis alone, there is a pretty strong argument that animals have feelings.\nOne possible counter-argument, however, is based on the definition that for certain chemical responses to be called feelings, that the being in question needs to have a conscious awareness of their state.  With this defition, it becomes much harder to say whether animals experience feelings in the same conscious manner even though the neurochemical signatures are similar.\nMy opinion is that this definition based on conscious understanding is a little specious, as it's based on an ongoing desire by some to try to define humans out of the context of the natural world... and to claim that we are categorically better than the other animals.  \nIf the neurochemical basis for consciousness is ever discovered we'll be able to quickly check which animals have this, and I suspect we'll find that many are conscious.  If this is so, then their feelings will be as real as human ones in all senses.
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I aswered this one already, but we do have orgasms just not like men. When you have one you will know it.
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yes it feels good,  It is supposed to feel good,  thats why humans have sex.. us and dolpins are the only species to have sex for fun.
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Both males and females can experience orgasms, but the exact response varies across gender. Generally speaking, orgasm is the third stage of four in the human sexual response cycle, which is the currently accepted model of the physiological process of sexual stimulation.\n\nOrgasm is the conclusion of the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle, shared by males and females alike. During orgasm, both males and females experience quick cycles of muscle contraction in the lower pelvic muscles, which surround both the anus and the primary sexual organs.\n\nOrgasms in both men and women are often associated with other involuntary actions, including vocalizations and muscular spasms in other areas of the body. Also, a generally euphoric sensation is associated with orgasm.\n\nAfterwards, orgasm generally causes perceived tiredness, and both males and females often feel a need to rest. This is recently attributed to the release of rolactin.Prolactin is a typical neuroendocrine response in depressed mood and irritation.\n\nA recent study at the University of Groningen has indicated significant differences in brain activity during the female and male orgasm. PET scans showed that both the female and male orgasm 'shut down' areas in the brain associated with anxiety and fear (the Amygdala). It was found that the male orgasm focused the brain on sensory input from the genitals more than a female orgasm.
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This is a stupid question! To reproduce and for fun! Humans and dolphins are the only mammals that have sex for fun.
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I truely believe they do. Like my cats all loooove to be told how good they are and dogs do too. Horses are very smart animals and they also have a sense of pride. Quite definitly they know when they've won the race!!!
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to be quite honest in about 99% of the species on this panet they only have sex to reproduce. only humans and a few other species have sex for pleasure. Humans especially have sex for pleasure even when reproducing is the last thing on their minds. I love it - and i'm sure there are millions around this world who do two - as long as both are consenting to this "Its Great..!"
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Sure, all do. Its called oestrus cycle in most animals. The menstural cycle is what it is called in primates. All primates (monkeys, etc) have a menstral cycle.
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It occurs in horses, whales, moles, mole-rats, hyenas, and perhaps other animals. (In the great fin whale, in fact, the hymen is not completely destroyed until childbirth.)
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Nature tells us that homosexuality exists.  Are humans animals?  Are there homosexual humans?  Ergo...?\n\nThe fact that you have not quoted sources is of no consequence to me -- I am willing to take at face value that perhaps the cattle and lizards were setting domination patterns. I am curious as to how the motives of the lizards were determined to be "to humilate"?\n\nty kinney, of course, makes terrfic sense about the differences beetween humans and other animals and would worth be re-reading.  \n\nOf course, without any applicable citation, which would seem to be fairly easy to find, your insistence on the behavior of cattle weakens the argument, particularly when you assert such detail as "the male/male behavior documented never culminates it penetration! therefore it is not sexual in nature."  From your reaction to other posts, I assume you're after some sort of penetration?\n\nI must point out that an insistence on male/male penetration omits other non-dominance behaviors practiced by other animal species, such as courtship. \n\nTREE SWALLOWS:  Full cloacal contact has been observed by Wilson and Bull in  male Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), complete with  the “ticking” vocalizations which are apparently reserved for  heterosexual copulations in Tree Swallows.  They also note that dominance behaior among Tree Swallows is very different.\n\nLIZARD: A. carolinensis engage in both homosexual courtship and copulation -- with one male exhibiting the male behavior in courting being the mounter and the male exhibiting the female courtship behavior being mounted. Previous studies (Noble and Bradley in 1937) dismissed this as hierarchical behavior, but more recent observations (Cooper, 1977, and Sigmund, 1987) show a more thorough understanding of A. carolinensis society, including polygamy and consistent homosexual behavior in the absence of dominant males.\n\nBISON: Courtship, mounting, and full anal penetration between bulls is common among American bison. My Lakota brothers and sisters call them pte winkte —pte =bison and winkte is the word for two-spirit, their description of the transgendered  in their Nation.\n\nFEMALE CATTLE:  Mounting of female cattle in heat by other cows is common among domesticated cattle.  (Obviously, since no marital aids have been documented, no actual penetration occured.)  The same has not been observed among wild cattle in a study by Queensland College in Australia.  Although stress was cited by the observers, they also admitted the possibility of domestication as a factor -- so perhaps civilization figures into it.\n\nBONOBOS: Barbara Fruth and Gottfried Hohmann observed same-sex genital contacts in wild female bonobos.  They have already been mentioned here, I just thought I would give the citation, even though no penetration happened.\n\nZOO ANIMALS: The penguins, koalas, rabbits and others that have been documented as exhibiting homosexual behaviors have most often come from zoos or domesticated situations.  This does not necessarily indicate a corrupted or aberrant social system, but (Occam's Razor) they can be more easily observed.\n\nHYENAS: Actually, Ploss and Bartels have seen hyenas licking each other's genitals.  Hyenas are of particular interest in this discussion because, according the Bestiary of Barnabus, hyenas were believed to have predominantly homosexual sex, and were associated with homosexuals.  This view was strongly held in the time of Augustine, who was a zealot advocate of conversion.
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The sexual stamina of a baboon
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actually, dolphins are the only other animal besides humans who enjoy sex. i was watching the discovery channel and these nasty dolphins were raping a baby orca whale. i cried
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No. They most likely don't know what an orgasm is. I did not know what an orgasm was until 10 years of having sex. But i did do a lot of screaming and carrying on.
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yes penguins have sex! no they dont suck it, there feet are made for the ice so no, an yes all animals have sex organs!\ngo to the site below! to see them in action!
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Wild or animals that don't have constant contact with humans don't show that type of emotion.  But housepets do show some type of affection and or acknowledgement for humans.
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As we know from biological studies in the field, many animals are homosexual.  Hundreds of species are covered in the seminal work in the area -- Biological Exuberance by Dr. Bruce Bagemihl, published by St. Martin's Press.  Higher and (to my surprise) lower animals routinely engaged in homosexual behavior -- including EXCLUSIVELY HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR in hundreds of species.  Those species with pair bonding demonstrated homosexual pair bonding as well.\n\nIt's a fascinating read.\n\nRegards,\n\nReynolds Jones\nSchenectady, NY\nhttp://www.rebuff.org