Do creatures like rats experience orgasms? (Image credit: Ukki Studio via Shutterstock)
Whether it's a salmon swimming upstream or a turtle climbing a boot, these animals are following an instinct that drives them to reproduce. But do they feel something like an orgasm at the end of their significant energy expenditure, as humans do?
There is no clear list of animals that can experience orgasm. For one thing, research into the physiological and neural processes that occur during sexual activity in animals has largely focused on primates and rodents, David Puts, a professor of anthropology and psychology at Pennsylvania State University, told Live Science in an email. And because animals can’t describe their own sensations, we can’t say for sure whether they experience the same feelings that humans do during orgasm.
However, we can correlate the observed physical and neural behaviors. “Many female primates exhibit behaviors similar to those seen during orgasm in women,” Poots noted. These include grasping responses; changes in muscle tone and facial expressions; changes in breathing patterns; vocalizations; and contractions of the vagina, anus, pelvic muscles, and uterus, he added.
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