Here’s something you don’t see every day: Galapagos tortoises having sex. It was amazing to see these huge things get so excited, and the male (at least, whichever one was on top) was making a strange bellowing sound which sounded like nothing I’d ever heard before. A male peacock was watching, and eventually a crowd gathered, cheering on the pair with lewd remarks.
I took the above photo today at the Philadelphia Zoo, where I entertained a visitor on a day warm enough for T-shirts. The confused tortoises must have thought Spring had arrived.
(Bush’s fault, no doubt.)
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Galapagos tortoises may not look the part, but they hook up all the time! They’re serious exhibitionists, and I say this as a woman who did more than my share of school field trips.
Well, this blog could use some serious exhibitionism — even at a turtles pace….
🙂
They look rather like crabs to me. I think my views are somewhere in the Crab Nebula.
From what I’ve heard, the peacock seems to be a Transcendental Scientist, the male having all the color and style.
When am I going to see some Lesbian cats? Meow!
A lover with a slow hand
Or other appendage as appropriate….
The Philadelphia Zoo’s never that interesting when I go. Must be your potent sexual aura, dude.
I wonder if female tortoises complain that when they’re having sex, the males are finished in only four days?