Birds masturbate, and that’s perfectly normal
Sure, it’s true either way, but that headline might have been written a little differently in a colloquial English speaking country….
Birds masturbate, and that’s perfectly normal
Sure, it’s true either way, but that headline might have been written a little differently in a colloquial English speaking country….
Dicky-birds masturbate?
Well, they need to keep their peckers up! And then there are the hen parties…
For the love of God get rid of this fucking SAY NO TO DIGITAL ID pop up.
Tim has convinced me to say, “Yes.”
I was always a “yes”. Perhaps it’s aimed at me.
It is annoying and probably counterproductive. Not that Timmy cares.
“Our new study could change how other scientists view masturbation in birds …”
On a specialist pay-per-view channel, presumably.
There’s all sorts of depravity out there if you look for it Julia (or so i’m led to believe).
And is this another case of “the settled science” not being so settled then?
Just look in the mirror. :-p
I’ve long thought that many scientists are wankers, especially those from Imperial College.
They were the ‘scientists’ behind the 2700 extra folks dead due to the heatwave nonsense too. Let’s see – Reality or Computer modelling?
For some reason, the computer modelling seems to get all the attention whereas reality is ignored…..
Not sure the Imperial mob would actually know what “reality” is…
No, it’s free if you know where to look, though you do need to prove you are over 18. Which is a good use for a properly implemented digital id and can be done anonymously.
Can you point me to a specification of a scheme which allows people to prove their age anonymously? Note that my definition is anonymous may not match yours. I require anonymity to be preserved over the long term. It’s much easier to prove that some individual accessing one website on one occasion is over an age threshold, but as long as websites can tell that it is the same individual on different occasions the anonymity can leak away.
I wonder what kind of porn birds watch. Presumably their version of cuck scenarios is authentic cuckoo videos.
Big Black Crows and doves
Two sparrows, one feeder?
Do other birds like to watch?
Birds of a feather wank together.
99% of what animals do is perfectly normal behaviour.
Mind you, watching the pigeons fuck makes me wonder how much fun they have masturbating.
Fun fact. Swifts can do it mid flight.
So can humans: the Mile High Club
Any one here a member?
Those were the days.
We thought they’d never end.
Twice renewed. One an actual stewardess on the flight.
Although they make it extremely difficult nowadays….
And to be fair…. you can’t take too long… so … you might… she…. has to be Ready and Willing…. and …Quick and Eager….
Her Fun is… something a Rogue also cares about…
I much preferred the old slow ferries from the mainland to the UK…
You could do the Wooing, drinkies, and blag a cabin…
I must live in a parallel universe where all women are sapphic.
Indian English is always a few decades behind, so perhaps they’ve just caught up with the 1980s golden age of tabloid headlines?
OT
We discussed disabilities and the disabled recently. This is a fantastic, and moving, piece by Michael Simmons, the Spectator’s economics editor.
https://spectator.com/article/shut-up-about-your-disability/
An excellent article. Four quotes sum it up well
We live in a society in which disabled people must be described as merely ‘differently abled’, while apparently requiring more state support than ever before.
Once a disability label has been gained, it removes the expectation that the unemployed should seek work and turns what would otherwise be pretty miserly benefits into extremely generous ones.
…our [previous] Presbyterian approach to disability – that it is something to overcome and disguise rather than celebrate and display
Labels matter. I was very fortunate to encounter professionals who expected me to recover, work and live rather than organise my life around incapacity. Such people are now scarce.
Despite his gammy leg Simmons has done very well for himself, and bloody good for him.
Why?
Looking for tits.
insert obligatory Booby picture here…. 😛
or maybe a good shag.
Why Because as biologists you occasionally have to re-check Knowns…
Biology… it tends to throw curveballs, and Old Explanations, especially regarding sexual behaviour, is quite often ….Coloured…. by the Times research was done in…
It was already known birds masturbate. It has now been confirmed they still do… Trebles All Around…
As to *why*….
At least in some species where females can experience Surprise ButtSexx.. It’s a way to Flush the System from Unwanted Wrigglers.
Some *need* the stimulus to actually produce viable eggs.
Some…. It’s the remnants of the dinosaurs… they took alternative routes on the same principle… They do thing s Differently for Many Reasons, which evidently work for them….
For all males… same as us… Flush the System… Keep Things Fresh…
Since birds are now generally accepted to dinosaurs, my mind did stray to brontosauruses & was somewhat boggled. Must have been a mighty, earth shaking endeavor.
Bronto’s are in the *other* branch…. hence nowadays they’re talking about “avian” and “non-avian” dinosaurs.
The current birds are derived from the two-legged, distinctly carnivorous hunters who could GTFO when the Big Rock hit.
The types that stayed on 4 legs and turned the Vegan route didn’t survive.
Ah, that explains why T-Rex were so aggressive; their arms were too short to reach.
*Applause
S’funny that. I always thought Marc Bolan looked perfectly normal.
Because after being discharged from “yooni”, these hopeless idiots have to justify their very existence in some obscure little “scientific” job by pretending to research some utterly pointless subject, like birds wanking. And then try and make it sound important, when most of society couldn’t give a fuck about their self-important precious little project.
Do they go blind?