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"SEAL TRIES SEX WITH PENGUIN
First known example of sex attempt between mammal, other vertebrate"

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Seal tries sex with penguin
First known example of sex attempt between mammal, other vertebrate

A seal has been caught on camera trying to have sex with a penguin.

This seems to be the first known example of a sexual escapade between a mammal and another kind of vertebrate such as a bird, reptile or fish, "although some mammals are known to have attempted sexual relief with inanimate — including dead things — objects," said researcher Nico de Bruyn, a mammal ecologist at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

One summer morning, scientists observing elephant seals on a beach on Marion Island near the Antarctic spotted a young male Antarctic fur seal subduing a king penguin.

"At first we thought it was hunting the penguin, but then it became clear that his intentions were rather more amorous," de Bruyn recalled today via email.

The roughly 240-pound seal subdued the 30-pound adult penguin by lying on it. The hapless bird of unknown sex struggled, rapidly flapping its flippers and attempting to stand and flee, without luck.

The seal then alternated between resting on the penguin and thrusting its pelvis at the bird in vain attempts to insert its penis for 45 minutes. Natural, unsuccessful sexual escapades by this variety of seal with members of its own species may last as long as this penguin assault did, "but yes, it is quite a long time and thus unusual," de Bruyn told LiveScience.

The seal then abruptly gave up, moving to sea and completely ignoring the target of its affections. The penguin apparently did not suffer any injury. The scientists detailed their findings in the May issue of the Journal of Ethology.

Sexual harassment is common in the animal kingdom — "Homo sapiens are often testimony to that," de Bruyn said.

Many species perform some form of sexual harassment on members of their own species, "for a variety of reasons many of which are hotly debated," he added.

Many species of seal are polygynous, where one male mates with many females. The males often fight each other to control females.

"This system thus promotes extreme aggression in males towards each other, and if a male cannot control a beach, this aggression may spill over to sexual aggression directed at outlying females, pups or even in rare cases other seal species," de Bruyn said.

And this sexual aggression apparently might leap well beyond the species gap.

The Antarctic fur seals of Marion Island are the only ones known that eat king penguins. The thrill of the hunt felt by the seal the researchers saw may have channeled into its sex drive, as the mating season had just come to an end.

"It may have wanted to eat it and half-way through the chase changed its mind," de Bruyn speculated. "I personally believe the link between aggressive and sexual behavior is evolutionarily far closer linked than we currently believe. This has obvious implications for humans."

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 2:30 pm


106 comments to “Headline of the Week Weak”

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  1. shawn says – reply to this
    1

    NIIIICE

  2. alex says – reply to this
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    so crazy!

  3. LIZ says – reply to this
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    Cool, Lol.

  4. baby1 says – reply to this
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    hahahahaaha

  5. qweda says – reply to this
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    that's special

  6. cass says – reply to this
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    ewww!

  7. ... says – reply to this
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    first!!!

  8. Debbie says – reply to this
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    Wow!

  9. wtf says – reply to this
    9

    celebrity gossip indeed…..

  10. meegh says – reply to this
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    this is so old news!!!

  11. b-bopper says – reply to this
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    FIRST! lol, i read this and thought of seal the singer.. lol

  12. danny says – reply to this
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    thats fucked up

  13. sdgsdf says – reply to this
    13

    this story is weeks old….

  14. Hugh Jass says – reply to this
    14

    Perez Loves Cock!

  15. nani says – reply to this
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    wow… poor penguin had probably never seen a dick that big!

  16. penguin says – reply to this
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    First. Wtf

  17. heyyyy says – reply to this
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    ahahhaah yesssssss

  18. Gmoney says – reply to this
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    ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…first bitch

  19. liz says – reply to this
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    lol…first

  20. anon says – reply to this
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    I saw the headline earlier and at first it was talking about Seal the musician. Oops! ha. Penguins are awesome, though, who could blame the seal?!

  21. T-Bear says – reply to this
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    FIRST!!!

    Seal the singer??? rofl rofl!

  22. first says – reply to this
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    first

  23. 23213wf says – reply to this
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    First known example? Yeah fucking right. This kind of thing is in the news a lot. Remember the otter that raped a baby seal to death?

  24. stevens says – reply to this
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    Reports of seal/penguin date rape and sexual assault are growing at an alarming rate. The problem has reached near epidemic levels. The numbers do not reflect the cases that go unreported for fear of violent retaliation. I'm glad this issue is finally being addressed in a public forum. I blame R Kelly.

  25. 23213wf says – reply to this
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    OH Bird and mammal, ok I read that wrong. 3 hours of sleep

  26. ONLY WHITE PEOPE FIND SICK SHIT LIKE THIS INTERESTING says – reply to this
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    YOU PERVERTED SICK FUCKERS NOW GO BEAT YOUR DICK TO THE PICTURE

  27. girrrrrrl says – reply to this
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    niceeee imagine a new species? the penseal…

  28. wellhellothere!!!!! says – reply to this
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    Thats hot!!!! Makes me want to watch march of the penguins all over again!!!!

  29. Bleecker says – reply to this
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    "Headline of the week"–Which week would that be, Perez? This story is at least 10 days old!

  30. JoJo says – reply to this
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    LMFAO!!!! Gotta experiment to find whatcha like, I suppose!!!!!

  31. Shenanigan says – reply to this
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    Old news…

  32. Trent + Reznor = love says – reply to this
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    This is dumb. Even Heidi's hubby is more interesting. Slow day Perez?

  33. _starrdust_ says – reply to this
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    and the penguin was formerly known as heidi klum

  34. NaNoush says – reply to this
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    Poor Seal, I also wonder what Heidi Klum is thinking x)

  35. MADONNA says – reply to this
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    RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE

    even animals get some action, sorry Perez…

  36. JohnnyDo says – reply to this
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    Well, I guess that makes sense… Heidi Klum isn't looking that saucy anymore… I would still put it in her butt over a penguin… just me though :)

  37. meme says – reply to this
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    Wow that's really old news. Have you been under a rock lately. That is like 2 weeks old.

  38. nonCYboy says – reply to this
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    Heidi must have been on the rag!

  39. BIGPIMSEAL says – reply to this
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    I SAW THE PROFILE OF THE PENGUIN AT THE MILLIONERSFRIENDS .COM

  40. hannah says – reply to this
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    dude that was in the news like two weeks ago !

  41. CK says – reply to this
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    "First known example"?
    Oh, please.
    Humans are mammals too, and they've been doing it with horses and sheep for centuries.

  42. Jessica Alba says – reply to this
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    This is definitely the BEST "CELEBRITY JUICE" I've come across on the web, wow Perez, I guess you are running out of steam…

  43. Nader Applesquinnie says – reply to this
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    Maybe if someone had of clubbed the seal this never would of happened.

  44. Homo Sapiens says – reply to this
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    "Sexual harassment is common in the animal kingdom — "Homo sapiens are often testimony to that," de Bruyn said."

    LOL. Humans are the worst culprits. LOL

  45. JT says – reply to this
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    wowwww people are dumb, not seal the singer idiots, like actual seals

  46. i♥boogers says – reply to this
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    HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA…..poor penguin, he almost got butt raped

  47. rororastro says – reply to this
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    this story is old and you don't even have the right picture to go along with it.

  48. kate says – reply to this
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    this story is sooo last week

  49. Giulia says – reply to this
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    oh my God!
    that's like well welll awsome. I think..

  50. Lizzie says – reply to this
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    I have known about this for weeks its been all over BBC.com

  51. GeneralFstck says – reply to this
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    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  52. some guy says – reply to this
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    no way this is the first time - my dog tries to have sex with my leg every day

  53. Chefanie says – reply to this
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    Penguin was having trouble with his car leaking oil. So he took it to a garage to have it looked at. The mechanic said he would get right on it and should know what the problem is in about 30 minutes. Penquin decides to take a walk while he is waiting so waddles off down the street. While he's walking he gets a little hot and notices an ice cream store. He goes in and orders a double scoop vanilla sugar cone. He sits out front to eat it and has a little trouble eating it because it's hard to hold a cone with flippers so a lot of it drips down his front. He finally gets done and cleans up best he can with some napkins. He waddles back to the garage to see what the mechanic has found. When the mechanic see's him he says "looks like you blew a seal". The penguin gets all embarrassed and says "No no - that's ice cream".

  54. pon.luv.zi says – reply to this
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    poor penguin :(

  55. me says – reply to this
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    i bet the seal was pretty embarrassed when he found out it was caught on tape.

  56. ding dong says – reply to this
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    oh christ. not that spencer and heidi again. I'm sick of these two.

  57. SEAL wants to fuck penguins, what a weirdo says – reply to this
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    WHAT THE FUCK? I THOUGHT THAT SEAL GUY WAS MARRIED WITH THAT GERMAN MODEL? AND NOW DUDE WANTS TO HAVE SEX WITH PENGUINS? THATS CRAZY

  58. moop says – reply to this
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    I don't blame him. Penguins are much cuter than Heidi Klum.

  59. GEM says – reply to this
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    THIS IS LIKE 2 WEEKS OLD PEREZ! =O

  60. k says – reply to this
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    whew! i thought perez was reporting on Seal hassling a penquin! Heidi would be mad!

  61. Matt says – reply to this
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    Oh please. My dog humps my cat all the time. Granted, the dog is a female, but still…this is hardly news.

  62. Holly says – reply to this
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    WHERE IS THE )&*(& SEAL???? THOSE ARE TWO PENGUINS!!!

  63. bskirkpatrick@cox.net says – reply to this
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    Re: Chefanie –

    Haha! My husband tells that joke all time!

  64. JohnnyDo says – reply to this
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    Re: JT – In your schol for "special people" I guess they never taught you about irony and sarcasm? Keep those reflectors on your helmet pal! We support your kind!

  65. Im so fucking awesome i make Tom Cruise look like a foolish bitch says – reply to this
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    can someone say RAPE??
    poor penguin!!

  66. lala says – reply to this
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    the poor penguin! I have been to antarctica and have seen penguins in the wild. they frighten very easily. at least that one escaped with his life, but how frightening!

  67. jo says – reply to this
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    Wow, I didn't knoiw Seal was into penguins. I wonder if Heidi Klume is pissed?

  68. hollywood says – reply to this
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    So what, my dog humps everything in site—-and would try to have sex w/ seal or a penguin if it could get them to stay still (hmmm, a 3 way?)

  69. nicole says – reply to this
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    hi, but am I wrong in sating that the picture depicts two penguins????

  70. nicole says – reply to this
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    hi, but am I wrong in stating that the picture depicts two penguins????

  71. DMAN says – reply to this
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    IM SURE PEREZ WAS INVOVED IN THIS SOMEHOW
    I THINK HEES THE FAT ONE ON TOP FOR A CHANGE

  72. red diablo says – reply to this
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    HEY HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET A PIC OF ME AND MY HUBBY PLAYIN "HIDE THE SNAUSAGE" ?????????????????? AYE PEREZ ????? YOU FRIGGIN PERV!!!!!!!!!! LMMFAO….GEEEEZ…..GET YO FREAK ON BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  73. Rache says – reply to this
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    Perez,

    This was on the BBC website almost two weeks ago!

  74. reah says – reply to this
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    lol,wonder what the new fuse between a penguin and seal will be called.

  75. TRAILER TRASH BARBIE says – reply to this
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    HEY! ME AN' MAH BOYFRIEND/SHEEP BIN DOIN' THIS SHIT FO YEERS! WHERES MAH PRIZE?

  76. allyson c says – reply to this
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    um… that was SO LAST WEEK
    the bbc reported it last monday.

  77. A says – reply to this
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    Everyone knows penguins like it rough!

  78. brooke says – reply to this
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    my scottish terrier, sherlock, used to have sex with our black cat, hilda.

  79. Lauren says – reply to this
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    LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL that's so funny

  80. jkhjk says – reply to this