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[NSFW] What animals besides humans masturbate?

Asked by ETpro (34605points) October 14th, 2011

There’s a joke that asks. Why do dogs and cats lick their private parts?” The punch line is “Because they can.”

But to be fair to our canine and feline friends, we all know thay do it to keep themselves clean. Their systems are designed to process what they ingest in the grooming. And they definitely don’t do it to pleasure themselves.

We humans just about all do pleasure ourselves. But are we unique in doing that? Cats and dogs could, but don’t. Their mating instincts are ruled by pheromones and without those being present, they have no interest in sex. What animals share the nasty dance habit with us human beings?

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Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

Horses, ferrets, goats from here and a bunch of others, apparently.

filmfann's avatar

__And they definitely don’t do it to pleasure themselves__

How do you know that?

GabrielsLamb's avatar

Orangutans make their own primitive equivalents of dildos.

What? It’s true

Blackberry's avatar

Wow, you learn something new everyday. I guess we all just gotta bust a nut sometimes.

SpatzieLover's avatar

NSFW: Bonobos masturbate

I’ve had dogs and cats that have used objects to get themselves off with. My cat that just passed “got off” almost daily on “his” blanket…and he definitely enjoyed himself (he’d yowl and purr). A former dog of mine regularly used a stuffed animal. She’d also make it very apparent that she was pleased.

rebbel's avatar

For a fact I know that Jellies masturbate too.

GabrielsLamb's avatar

Rabbits love to masterbate… They are cute little, over sexed, fuzzy, perverts

filmfann's avatar

silly @rebbel , jellies can’t give themselves lurve!

janbb's avatar

My dog definitely had the hots for his blankie. My guess is that most animals do but I wonder if males do more commonly than females. (After seeing a video of lions mating, I didn’t get the sense that the lioness was pleasured much at all.)

MRSHINYSHOES's avatar

The primates do. I don’t know about other animals.

Now @ETpro, you’ve heard of certain animals “co-masturbating”, right? Lol. ;)

GabrielsLamb's avatar

Anyone see the show Wilfred yet? Bwah haa haaa… I love the stuffed Giraffe episode.

linguaphile's avatar

My mom’s female Shih-Tzu masturbates almost everyday at a furious, furious pace. We’ve talked about trying to win the Funniest Home Videos with her antics, but it’s family TV, is it not?

SpatzieLover's avatar

@linguaphile when you wrote that^ comment your score was 6969…ironic was it not? ;)

ETpro's avatar

@Simone_De_Beauvoir Thanks. I didn’t realize so many other species take matters into their own hands (or paws, hovew or toys).

@filmfann Well, I’ve been owned by several wonderful bitches and a long series of female felines in my 67 years. And I had never seen one seem to take pleasure in their licking. But your challenge sent me to search, and by George, you were on the right track. See these fine furry friends dancing to the five-fingered disco., The canines are a creative lot, but “felines” and canines do do themselves—some on a rather regular basis.

@GabrielsLamb That is seriously cool. Thanks for the info.

@Blackberry True on both counts.

@digitalimpression My condolences on the loss of such a fired-up feline friend. I did know that bonobos do it every way imaginable. But I;m learning a ton about how many other soecies.

@digitalimpression Great links.The monkey BJ is cool. Oh to be as flexible as the cat that can just lick her own till she cums clean.

@rebbel GA! And after reading about all these hot animals, I’m going to be one of those Jellies.

@GabrielsLamb Rabbits are fucking like bunnies all the time. How do they fit masturbation into that busy schedule?

@janbb I’d hate to be the one who have to fuck a frigid lioness. But this couple looks like they both had a good time. Listen to the lioness purring.

@MRSHINYSHOES I know humans and bonobos co-masturbate. But there are probably othere cooperative wankers out there.

@GabrielsLamb Giraffes? That, I gotta see.

@linguaphile AFV woiuldn’t take it, but YouTube sure would. Why not start here.

@SpatzieLover Will wonders never cease. Great observation. :-)

MRSHINYSHOES's avatar

@ETpro “cooperative wankers”. LOL.

linguaphile's avatar

@SpatzieLover Laughing! Didn’t notice! Glad you did :D

Fluthyou's avatar

even educated fleas do it

ETpro's avatar

@Fluthyou Links, please to fleas that please themselves.

fundevogel's avatar

Monkeys whenever you look do it.

ETpro's avatar

@fundevogel Ha. Great linkjs. THanks for the laughs.

So that’s what “monkey business” really means. And here I had always though the cute critters opened hair salons or haberdasheries on main street when they wanted to get up to a little “monkey business.”

fundevogel's avatar

@ETpro All credit should go to Noel Coward.

ETpro's avatar

@fundevogel So now I know. Monkey business involves stabbing the shit out of your lover and having a pooper full of nickels. I though so.

fundevogel's avatar

Don’t forget fuckin’ in the spinach.

ETpro's avatar

@fundevogel I’m a real Popeye. I love the spincah, and I love the loving. Put them both together and you have a walk-off home run.

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