Dolphins are one of the most charismatic groups of animals in the world. From Flipper to Seaworld, they are adored by humans everywhere (except when being hunted, poisoned and incarcerated, obviously.) Little did we know that they’re also total perverts.
[image shows: a bottlenose dolphin, mouth open, head above water]
Bottlenose dolphins are big into oral sex. Males and females alike will insert their snout into the genital slit of another, stimulating their partner and pushing them along in the water, just for fun. Scientists call it ‘beak-genital propulsion’ by the way, which is pretty romantic.
Males and females both enjoy penetration too, sometimes from another dolphin’s fin or tail.
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins have a particularly fun way to please each other, known as a ‘genital buzz’. One dolphin can direct a sexy sound wave through the water stimulating their partner. They’re also sexually pursued by Bottlenoses – a totally different species – sometimes getting fucked by two bottlenoses at the same time. Sometimes these pursuits are playful, sometimes aggressive and they may lead to cooperation on hunts.
And they get even more creative than that. Male Botos have been seen fucking their male partner’s blowhole – in the top of his head. That’s pretty kinky.
Talkative, funny, beautiful – dolphins are many things. But vanilla certainly isn’t one of them.
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