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[–] Gilles_D@feddit.de 44 points 6 months ago (2 children)

After a duel, it is common for two male giraffes to caress and court each other. Such interactions between males have been found to be more frequent than heterosexual coupling. In one study, up to 94 percent of observed mounting incidents took place between males. The proportion of same-sex activities varied from 30 to 75 percent. Only one percent of same-sex mounting incidents occurred between females.

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[–] Muscar@discuss.online 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's as if every time there was a same-sex bar fight the fighters went home together afterwards and fucked.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

They weren't fighting for territory or females or anything. They were fighting to see who tops