horse "relations"

Originally Posted by BellamyRd.

something's been bothering me about people saying:
well I'm sure the retired horse will enjoy his new career at stud
many of you are probably kidding, I know
but just wanted to clarify, horses do not get any pleasure
from engaging in sexual intercourse
only two species experience pleasure from sex
and they are the human & the dolphin
(with the exception of those humans and/or dolphins
having sex with me )

They do get pleasure though from eating and being out of a stall more than 1hr a day. I don't know if anyone can say horses or any animals don't get pleasure. There is no real way of knowing. I suspect all animals do though simply because you have to ask yourself why they would do it at all if there wasn't some enjoyment.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by boldruler

They do get pleasure though from eating and being out of a stall more than 1hr a day. I don't know if anyone can say horses or any animals don't get pleasure. There is no real way of knowing. I suspect all animals do though simply because you have to ask yourself why they would do it at all if there wasn't some enjoyment.

And what about preying mantids? The female bites off the males head during the act...
now, I've heard about males losing their heads over females but never took it literally.

[31lengths]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

And what about preying mantids? The female bites off the males head during the act...
now, I've heard about males losing their heads over females but never took it literally.

The female bites off the males head during the act...?
My wife does it any chance she gets !

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

The female bites off the males head during the act...?
My wife does it any chance she gets !

Wow...Mrs 31length Mantid...

Now, honey bees are a whole different story. The drones (males) get to follow the virgin queen on her one and only flight outside the hive. She flies as high as she can. Only the stongest drone gets to mate in the "love ballet" in the clouds. Then all the drones return to the hive to live the good life all summer long....drinking nectar, eating honey, and watching baseball games on their tiny televisions. Then when the first frost comes, the workers (females) kick their lazy asses out of the hive. They put guards at the hive entrance to sting the drones that try to get back inside to watch the fall football games. If they don't get stung, they freeze their little bunzollas off.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Wow...Mrs 31length Mantid...

Now, honey bees are a whole different story. The drones (males) get to follow the virgin queen on her one and only flight outside the hive. She flies as high as she can. Only the stongest drone gets to mate in the "love ballet" in the clouds. Then all the drones return to the hive to live the good life all summer long....drinking nectar, eating honey, and watching baseball games on their tiny televisions. Then when the first frost comes, the workers (females) kick their lazy asses out of the hive. They put guards at the hive entrance to sting the drones that try to get back inside to watch the fall football games. If they don't get stung, they freeze their little bunzollas off.

Heelarious, DTS. Like I said, BEST THREAD EVER.

[ArlJim78]

Looks like a libidinous Friday night on the Derby Trail.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

And what about preying mantids? The female bites off the males head during the act...
now, I've heard about males losing their heads over females but never took it literally.

Hey, no judgments on the female-- she has to bite his head off or he won't ejaculate. And I mean, come on, a girl has got to get some sleep...

(That's true, by the way, about the ejaculating. Aren't you all just SO lucky to have a zoo nerd on this board?)

Originally Posted by boldruler

They do get pleasure though from eating and being out of a stall more than 1hr a day. I don't know if anyone can say horses or any animals don't get pleasure. There is no real way of knowing. I suspect all animals do though simply because you have to ask yourself why they would do it at all if there wasn't some enjoyment.

Actually there is a way to conjecture. There are clearly parts of the mammalian brain that are pain, pleasure centers. And neurotransmitters associated with them. You could lite em up in an imager just like they do with humans when asking them to write or listen to the spoken word to find which part of the brains respond most heavily.