Admit it, animal mating behavior is strangely fascinating. We may have witnessed it as children, with a dog in the park seemingly glued to another dog, trying to shake it off.

Even as we grow up, we might occasionally witness odd animal behaviors and wonder'What are they doing?'Before we realize it, we blush with embarrassment.

We can easily find a plethora of strange animal behaviors by searching online.

For example: Are animals interested in 'animal movies'?

Yes, take our national treasure, the giant panda for example. Pandas are notoriously low in libido. Scientists tried to help pandas reproduce, and eventually discovered that showing them'Bear movies'actually worked; they were successfully stimulated by panda lust.

Then, are there any animals that become obsessed with homosexuality?

Yes, and many, takeSea horsesfor example. Approximately one-third of sea horses exhibit same-sex behavior. Sea horses and humans have different aesthetic standards; they do it to breed, with the bigger the belly, the more likely they are to attract partners.

Although these animal behaviors are curious, one question about animal mating is more captivating to humans than any other:

Which animal has the longest mating time?

Before we answer this question, we need to agree on a definition. First, we must discount prep time, as it's often difficult to determine the boundaries of mating behavior. For example,Male North Atlantic sealsengage in two-month periods of violent harassment of both male and female seals during the breeding season, demonstrating their vitality, so it's hard to call this behavior 'long.'

Similarly,Whaleswon many categories when it came to this animal mating behavior. What category, I needn't explain further.

For whales, underwater mating is difficult; it's like trying to operate a porcelain with a diamond drill.Surprisingly,

As the largest mammal, whales typically have mating times of only a few dozen seconds.We also consider various mating behaviors, even if they engage in long-term mating behaviors. For example,

A female lion often mates with multiple males during estrus, with mating lasting for several days, up to 40 times a day, to the point where they often forget to eat during these processes, so it's no wonder they lost their reputation as 'the king of the jungle.'Unfortunately, like whales, lions' mating times are short, usually just 10 seconds. The king of the jungle's reputation ends there!

However, don't waste time empathizing with whales and lions, sympathize with an animal calledPouched rats(qú). This small, rodent-like creature not only lives for sex but also dies for it.

Pouched rats reach puberty after a brief 10-month childhood, entering a four-week mating season,During which they mate with as many females as possible,each lasting up to 14 hours.Their passion and activity level are so high that the release of stress hormones causes them to be infected, bleed, and ultimately die.For male pocket rats, they rarely survive the breeding season. This resulted in many baby pocket rats disappearing after their fathers died, and their mothers also died shortly after they weaned.

Therefore, although they have a coveted mating time, they should learn to control their behavior.

14 hours is not enough for pocket rats to be the animal with the longest mating time; the racer snake is a strong competitor. Obviously, a pair of racer snakes was witnessed mating for 23 hours and 15 minutes.

As expected, no one dared to interrupt this loving couple: racer snakes interrupted during mating are fatal.

However, even racer snakes didn't win the honor of 'longest mating animal'. Instead, we have to go back to the sea, to the deep sea. The animal with the longest mating time is the anglerfish!

It may surprise us that the anglerfish can mate, because their appearance is so frightening. Anglerfish belong to deep-sea fish; female bodies are often 50 times larger than males. When they mate, male will bite and fuse with the female's lower, then the male's face and skin tissue will dissolve, to connect them together.

After mating, the male will stay attached to the female's body. Shortly after, the male's eyes, fins, and internal organs will all disappear, leaving only the testicles to provide sperm to the female when needed.

In other words, he and she engaged in endless, uninterrupted sexual marathon until she died, in some respects, it's a truly romantic story.

Although it's also repulsive and terrifying. This is often how animals mate. This also makes anglerfish eventually win the title of 'longest mating time.'

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