Nature gets there first...Again!

I've been reading a book. "Why Evolution Is True" by Jerry A Coyne. And came upon this interesting piece of evidence.

"Sexual selection doesn't end with the sex act itself: males can continue to compete even after mating. In many species, females mate with more than one male over a short period of time. After a male inseminates a female, how can he prevent other males from fertilizing her and stealing his paternity? This postmating competition has produced some of the most intriguing features built by sexual selection. Sometimes a male hangs around after mating, guarding his female against other suitors. When you see a pair of dragonflies attached to each other, it's likely that the male is simply guarding the female after having fertilized her, physically blocking access by other males. A Central American millipede has taken mate guarding to the extreme: after fertilizing a female, the male simply rides her for several days, preventing any competitor from claiming her eggs. Chemicals can also do this job. The ejaculate of some snakes and rodents contains substances that temporarily plug up a female's reproductive tract after mating, barricading out other probing males. In the group of fruit flies on which I work, the male injects the female with an anti-aphrodisiac, a chemical in his semen that makes her unwilling to remate for several days.

Males use a variety of defensive weapons to guard their paternity. But they can be even more devious—many have offensive weapons to get rid of the sperm from previously mating males and replace it with their own. One of the cleverest devices is the "penis scoop" of some damselflies. When a male mates with an already mated female, he uses backward-pointing spines on his penis to scoop out the sperm of earlier-mating males. Only after she's despermed does he transfer his own sperm. In Drosophila, my own lab found that a male's ejaculate contains substances that inactivate the stored sperm of males who mated previously."

Is this female reproductive plugging the first form of chastity to exist? "The ejaculate of some snakes and rodents contains substances that temporarily plug up a female's reproductive tract after mating, barricading out other probing males".


What other ways has nature got there first in the world of kink?

For instance...

Only a few of the biggest elephant seals get to breed each season, whilst the rest stay horny.

Spiders are all about Female Dominance

Do Seahorses believe in a Matriarchy?

I don't know how I come up with this stuff...Lol

 

Barnacles have the biggest penis-to-body size ratio, with genitalia nearly eight-times their total body length. Barnacles are stuck in place for life, so they use their super-long penises to reach other nearby crustaceans, blindly depositing sperm inside their neighbors.

Do Barnacles practice SPH?

"Your penis is only 7 times your body length....Loser!"

 

A male dwarf spider uses a plug to seal up its mate, ensuring nobody else can deposit sperm in the female’s sperm storage locker. After a day or so, the plugs are hardened enough to block entry by any other spider — even if the female is up for a new dalliance

 

Mating is a bit of an unfortunate activity for the male praying mantis that risks being eaten by the female! Having been lured to the female by pheromones, males may or may not get to mate before the female bites their head off; not all males are unlucky, some do get away uninjured. Males can make up around 60% of the female diet during mating season, and females that eat males appear to lay more eggs.

 

Impressively, for honey bees, mating occurs in mid-flight. But, it is not something males get to do more than once as they die shortly after as their reproductive organ and abdominal tissue are ripped from their body and left in the female!

 

For giraffes, it is important to find out whether a female is ready to mate before attempting to do so. The way a male does this, however, is not appealing – he drinks her urine. Once he knows she is ready, he may need to fight off competition, which he does by swinging his long neck at the other suitor.

 

Competition reaches new heights for red garter snakes. When it’s time to mate, up to 100 males can go after a single female at the same time; the female ends up in the middle of a large mating ball.

 

Snails are hermaphrodites, so have both male and female organs. But rather than competing with each other to decide who gets to be the male, both snails are impregnated. This isn’t the only strange thing about the way snails mate though; sperm is injected by stabbing the other snail with a sharp reproductive organ, nicknamed a love dart. Being repeatedly stabbed does take its toll though, and over time could result in death!

 

Attracting females is hard work if you are male pufferfish. Rather than just sitting and waiting for females, males spend days creating symmetrical patterns in the sand that can reach up to 2 m in diameter. If happy with the male’s creation, the female will lay her eggs in the centre of the circle

 

When you live deep in the ocean, finding a mate is not an easy task. So, females make the most of it when they do and fuse with the males. The two actually share a circulatory system; the male receives nutrients from the female, and the female receives sperm from the male. Males may have to share though, as one female can fuse with many males

 

So What have we learned...

Spiders put Chastity devices on thier partners, but probably get killed for doing so.

You can have sex with a praying mantis, but she's gonna rip your head off.

All male bees are virgins, but don't always die a virgin.

Giraffes are into pissplay

Snakes love a gangbang

Snails aren't fussy, but I bet it can get a bit messy

Male pufferfish are definitely in an FLR

And beware the female Angelfish, she will take over your body and mind