SciShow: Why Do Animals Have Sex for Pleasure ?

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Content of the Lesson: Seeking pleasure comes naturally to us humans, and we experience it in various ways, including sex. But it turns out plenty of other organisms also seek out the feeling of sexual pleasure, even outside mating purposes. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bryan Cloer, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Jason A Saslow, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Nazara, Ash, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Piya Shedden, Adam Brainard, charles george, Jeremy Mysliwiec, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Chris Peters, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30368-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218303683%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#secsectitle0025 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0018506X08002596 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01544-X https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7384791/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2166889-male-fruit-flies-feel-pleasure-when-they-ejaculate/#:~:text=First%2C%20they%20genetically%20engineered%20neurons,that%20makes%20the%20flies%20ejaculate https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007595 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240361439_The_phalloid_organ_orgasm_and_sperm_competition_in_a_polygynandrous_bird_the_Red-billed_Buffalo_Weaver_Bubalornis_niger https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312463050_Establishing_trust_Socio-sexual_behaviour_and_the_development_of_male-male_bonds_among_Indian_Ocean_bottlenose_dolphins https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347298908983 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11128 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347200914519 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1026395829818 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep16135 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055206 Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tursiops_truncatus_01.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938835 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01544-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098222101544X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007595 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71505602 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunnocks_cloaca_pecking.jpg https://www.nature.com/articles/19884 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240361439_The_phalloid_organ_orgasm_and_sperm_competition_in_a_polygynandrous_bird_the_Red-billed_Buffalo_Weaver_Bubalornis_niger https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_fuscata_male_and_female_,_Iwatayama,_20081019.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolphins_gesture_language.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-billed_Buffalo_Weaver.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9856660


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