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fossilesque@mander.xyzdeleted by creator to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birds
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  • AeronMelon@lemmy.world
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    Who, pray tell, is suggesting birds be punished for it?

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      Cardinals

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    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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      Not just suggesting, the article says that some have even castrated their birds, which I didn’t know was possible

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    I guess I’ll have to stop choking my chicken, then.

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      Exactly, your chicken should be choking herself as is natural

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    Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished. It’s interesting how humanity has regulated its own biological behavior, we have rules for where and how to eat, sleep, defecate, urinate, menstruate, reproduce, masturbate, etc. I get that some of these came from hygiene and personal safety but still find it weird, and even weirder that some people expect birds to follow our social constructs.

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    The Goon Lord

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      Horny flying bastard

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      That’s a girl

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        She can be a Goon Lord too. I see no hint of shame in those eyes.

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    … TIL people were punishing their fucking birds for whacking it.

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      TIL that birds masturbate.

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    An investigation into acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds has reached a climax, with the results providing welcome relief for vets and researchers, not to mention the birds themselves.

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    I’ll just cross bird masturbation off my list of world problems then. Let’s see… here it is on page 1129.

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    But the bird will go TO HELL

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    A link to an article isn’t a meme.

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    My parakeet was fucking a swing perch in his cage. It was hanging perpendicular to another perch, so he would grab the swings from the side and go on his rodeo.
    But personality was important to him, so every 15 seconds he would run to another “floor” where he had a mirror, say his version of “oh baby yeah it feels so good, call me your bird!” and then would run back upstairs to continue

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    “Vets shouldn’t be advising owners to stop birds doing this unless it’s obviously caused a chronic problem like a prolapse, but that’s the absolute minority of cases,”

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    Sexual preferences are private as long it don’t hurt others

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BFsQ_28Co

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