Animal rape
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| - | Controversial interpretations and implications aside (see [[Sociobiological theories of rape]]), sex in a forceful or apparently coercive context has also been documented in a variety of species. A notable example is [[bottlenose dolphin]]s, where at times, a [[bachelor herd|pod of bachelor males]] will 'corner' a female '...although what happens once the males have herded in a female, and whether she goes for one or all of them, is not yet known: the researchers have yet to witness a dolphin copulation.'<ref>N. Angier, ''New York Times'' 18 February 1992, "[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DA103FF93BA25751C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Dolphin courtship: brutal, cunning and complex]", retrieved on 21 February 2009.</ref> | + | |
| - | The behaviour is also common in some [[arachnid]]s (spiders), notably those whose females eat the males during sex if not tricked with food and/or tied down with threads,<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/10/1060454080025.html?from=storyrhs Making love can be a real sacrifice]. smh.com.au (2003-08-11). Retrieved on 2011-02-15.</ref> and in some [[herbivore|herbivorous]] herd species or species where males and females are very different in size, where the male [[dominance (ethology)|dominates]] sexually by sheer force and size.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} | + | |
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| - | [[File:Cairina moschata reproduction.jpg|thumb|Typical muscovy duck intercourse, the male immobilises the female.]] | + | |
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| - | Some species of birds appear to combine sexual intercourse with apparent violent assault; these include [[duck]]s,<ref>{{cite journal|author=R.O.Bailey, N. R. Seymour and G.R. Stewart|title=Rape behaviour in blue-winged teal|journal=Auk|volume= 95 |year=1978|pages=188–90|url=http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v095n01/p0188-p0190.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.197.4305.788|title=Sociobiology of Rape in Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos): Responses of the Mated Male|year=1977|last1=Barash|first1=D. P.|journal=Science|volume=197|issue=4305|pages=788–9|pmid=17790773 }}</ref> [[geese]], and [[white-fronted bee-eater]]s. According to Emlen and Wrege (1986)<ref>S.T. Emlen and P.H. Wrege 'Forced copulations and intraspecific parasitism: two costs of social living in the white-fronted bee-eater' ''Ethology'' 71 (1986) pp.2–29</ref> forced copulations occur in this socially nesting species, and females must avoid the unwelcome attention of males as they emerge from their nest burrows or they are forced to the ground and mated with. Apparently, such attacks are made preferentially on females who are laying and who may thus mother their offspring as a result. | + | |
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| - | In 2007, research suggested that in the [[Acilius genus|''Acilius'' genus]] of [[water beetle]]s (also known as "diving beetles"), an "[[evolutionary arms race]]" between the genders means that there is no courtship system for these beetles. "It's a system of rape. But the females don't take things quietly. They evolve counter-weapons." Cited mating behaviours include males suffocating females underwater till exhausted, and allowing only occasional access to the surface to breathe for up to six hours (to prevent them breeding with other males), and females which have a variety of body shapings (to prevent males from gaining a grip). Foreplay is "limited to the female desperately trying to dislodge the male by swimming frantically around."<ref>''[[The Times]]'', 25 June 2007 p.25, and online at [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article1980376.ece "Not tonight, not ever. I’ve got a headache. Don’t come near me"]</ref> | + | |
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| - | Charles Siebert reports in his New York Times article ''Elephant Crackup?'' that: | + | |
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| - | {{quote|Since the early 1990s, for example, young male elephants in [[Pilanesberg National Park]] and the [[Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve]] in South Africa have been raping and killing rhinoceroses; this abnormal behaviour, according to a 2001 study in the journal Pachyderm, has been reported in ‘‘a number of reserves’’ in the region.|<ref>Siebert, Charles. (2006-10-08) [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/magazine/08elephant.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=ccc63627f454863c&ex=1167282000 ''An Elephant Crackup?'', Charles Siebert, New York Times Magazine, October 8, 2006]. Nytimes.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-22.</ref>}} | + | |
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| - | This interpretation of the elephants' behaviour is, however, disputed by Rob Slotow, one of the original study's authors. He states there was "nothing sexual about these attacks".<ref>http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2775/are-elephants-in-the-wild-showing-newly-aggressive-behavior-including-rape</ref> | + | |
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