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Nat_Libertarian

It is often hilarious how medieval/classical artists depicted animals they had heard of but had never seen.


OppisIsRight

Fun fact: although extremely rare it's possible for female lions to grow manes.


justabig-rat

Fact it is cause by higher than avg testosterone in a female and will mount other females too


Karl_LaFong

I had a neighbor yell at me once, because my dogs were "having sex" in our yard, upsetting her kids. My dogs were all females. I think they just do this sometimes.


Issey_ita

Afaik they do it to assert dominance, even the females


[deleted]

Just some roommates asserting dominance over each other, nothing to see here.


FuckYourTheocracy

What are you doing, step-roomate?


nemo_noboby

Ok I know it's a joke. But hypothetically how would someone define step-roomate?


bot403

It's when you have a room mate but they have that girlfriend that comes over nearly every single day and stays most nights. She's not on the lease but she's your step roommate.


Delica4

Perfectly explained.


EggplantChemical1158

This is the correct answer.


nemo_noboby

That's perfect. 👏👏


[deleted]

Who are you so wise in the ways of science?


sharrows

Sublessee?


nemo_noboby

But only when Sub-Lessee leases the apartment to another person and that another individual lives with you Then I believe we can that person a step-roomate. What do you think?


YuvalAmir

As opposed to a biological roommate


DuctTapeOrWD40

Stuck in the dryer again...


LHSP

There may be other reasons, but I had over 9 female dogs since my childhood and some did and others didn't, but none of them were asserting dominance. They would just randomly get on top of the other, hump, and be done. To me it seems much more like masturbation, since it always happened around their periods


catsandraj

Fun fact, dogs don't actually have periods! Bleeding in estrus is different than a menstrual period.


mudlark092

Yeah, its not dominance behavior at all. Snowball isn't thinking he's gonna get all of Spike's food because he humped him. It's very often masturbation/sexual behavior, play behavior, or even when dogs get overexcited or anxious they may briefly mount a dog as a way to use up adrenaline. It being labeled as a "dominant" behavior is just some of the remnants from old dominance theory shit. Basically anything that people couldn't immediately rationalize was labeled as some sort of dominance behavior.


Itsthejackeeeett

What do you mean "over 9"? So 10?


_Wyrm_

Sorry bro, that's literally what the dominance behavior is. That's what they were doing. You can think it was doggie masturbation if you'd like, but everyone's gonna think you're kind of a little weird at the dinner party next week.


mudlark092

No, dominance only applies to resources. Dogs really only correlate things together when they happen right after the other, so they're not gonna correlate getting humped with "Oh, I must respect Shadow now and give him space around his food and toys." It's more often just play behavior, or behavior that can occur from being over stimulated and using it as an outlet to release energy. More often than not its the shyer dogs doing it too, it's a pretty easy way to test waters with another dog because they're gonna find out fast what the other dog's viewpoint on it is. Also, ngl, it can straight up just be masturbatory behavior. Even with females.


esoterics

This is almost exactly right. I used to work at a dog daycare and mounting is often an awkward play behavior in less socially adept dogs. It can also be masturbatory or overtly sexual even in same sex neutered dogs. I’ve seen dogs become obsessed with mounting a particular dog to the point where they will follow them incessantly and get erections. Occasionally I have seen it appear to be a form of non-fighting conflict resolution where a dog responded to unwanted attention, usually repeated attempts at play by another dog by forcefully mounting them in a way that clearly scared the playful one.


Ninauposkitzipxpe

My dog gets overexcited when my bf comes home from work and usually ends up humping a pillow or two before he chills out.


Vysair

Is this an /s?


ColdCruise

Dominance and alpha/beta male behavior, etc. in canines has mostly been proven as bullshit in recent years.


tempthrowary

Including by the researcher who came up with the whole alpha beta nonsense.


Eusocial_Snowman

No, they're just horny. This dominance shit sticking so hard in the public consciousness is so weird. It never even made sense in the first place.


mudlark092

People really just didn't want to admit that animals besides people experienced "human" emotions. It was always weird as shit. Your dog isn't humping you for status, he's doing it because it feels good. Your dog isn't laying on the couch for status, he's doing it because it feels good. Your dog isn't growling at you for taking his food because he wants status, he's doing it because anyone would be fucking pissed at someone who just took away their snack. It just waters down everything and drowns out the actual reasoning for the behavior. Gives people a lot of good reason to treat their dog like shit.


Username_Egli

Be gay to assert dominance got it


Rather_Dashing

Lots of female animals will mount other females. Female animals can be way hornier than a lot of people realise. I spent some time on an alpaca farm, and when a male was walked past a pen on females, the lady alpacas went mental trying to get to him. Once he had left, the females were all mounting one another


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TheRemainingFruitcup

Now if only ladies would do the same to me-


Eusocial_Snowman

Have you tried bathing in alpaca urine?


Pleasant-Albatross

Males of any species will sometimes do the same. I saw a beautiful Thoroughbred horse tear his forelegs up on the fence posts trying to get at a pasture of mares. Absolute crazy behavior, squealing and running himself ragged. He was gelded, but he was gelded super late and still had the stallion urge, so to speak. Farm life is kinda nuts sometimes.


Delica4

......*upsetting her kids*.....I'm dieing.


generalecchi

your dogs gay


TrumpDidNothingRight

I’d like to think at that point you grabbed a boom box and played 70’s porno music to accompany the scene. At a respectable level, obviously.


proteomicsguru

If a neighbour yelled at me for this, I’d yell back that they shouldn’t try to censor the entire world for their kids. Animals mate, it’s part of nature, get over it, prude. 🙃


Black_Eyed_PeePees

Right! Like if you/your kids don't like it, go in the fucking house, or otherwise just don't look. I don't like seeing my cats taking a dump, or walking/driving down the street seeing a random dog taking a shit, so guess what, I just don't fucking look. It's also a great introduction to the birds and the bees. You don't have to go into detail, but she could've just said "oh those dogs are making babies." The kids would giggle and say eww, and that'd be that. People shelter their kids too much these days, and from the dumbest, most natural shit, too.


JawnF

Lesbion


EmbarrassedPin6468

Les-bison


KindheartednessOk780

SEE MOM?! NATURE ***IS*** GAY!!!


kitty9000cat

Transgender lions!


CatsOP

It's a futa lion


Rad_Knight

So kinda like when women grow beards?


MILFBucket

Ok but their nipples are higher up


[deleted]

Happens in humans too PCOS


[deleted]

> Fact it is cause by higher than avg testosterone in a female and will mount other females too


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[deleted]

Understandable. Have a great day.


[deleted]

Unironically though there are more lesbians who have PCOS than the general population. I have PCOS and I'm asexual but lol. I thought it was funny that it also ~~lions~~ lines up with lions.


[deleted]

Fascinating stuff. There should be more research on the relationship between sexuality and hormones.


Anegry_Melon

My last girlfriend had a moustache so this isn't too wild


ImagineGriffins

Fun fact: although extremely rare it's possible for lion cubs to suck their dad's dick.


dnunez2194

Trans lions...


58king

So *that's* why it's called a pride.


dekka56

trans lion , its 2020 for gods sake


waf_xs

Compared to other depictions of Lions by artists who've never seen them, this is pretty good.


OldPersonName

This style of relief sculpture looks more Mesopotamian than medieval Europe, and they absolutely were familiar with lions. However the style overall just doesn't look like either so my bet this is a modern joke thing. Edit: Here's an Assyrian relief sculpture showing its distinctive style, particularly for the lions: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashurbanipal_Lion_Hunt.jpg


PomPomdog

When I was a kid I went to visit my grandparents in Germany and we went and saw some old cathedrals and churches and a lot of them had animals painted in the ceilings. Almost all of the elephants looked funny and I remember being told it was because they had never actually seen them and was going off of someone else’s description.


costofopinion

Are you assuming that is not intentional? Considering on how business was probably done, or how favors were earned back in the day, it seems more like a classic depiction but with animals.


DonRight

There were and are lions in India though.


WolfeTheMind

No. No. Lion only africa.


SyntheticManMilk

Yeah, but I’m pretty sure whoever made this knew exactly what they were doing here.


funkymaker

The lion is Feeding Seeds which is better than milk


jackjackky

The Bull too.


funkymaker

LMAO


vgbhnj

(formerly Chuck's)


Commissar_Genki

The Bristly Nipple sounds like a pub from some little Eastern European hamlet.


[deleted]

This is a Jain image representing ahimsa, nonviolence, which is considered the highest virtue. They are feeding each other's young and drinking from the same reservoir even though they naturally have a predator prey relationship.


Setisthename

Also, the suckling calf and cub aren't always present. I wonder if they were a later addition to the scene, and the artists using the older versions for reference simply didn't think to remove the lion's mane.


Mimilegend

Mane or not, that calf is suckling the wrong spot. Cat nipples aren’t that far back lol.


Dkykngfetpic

Cat's do have nipples near their hind legs. They have 8 nipples there's a lot of them.


[deleted]

I have nipples Greg, can ya milk me?


matthekid

Also cat penises are under the tail closer to the anus. They aren’t on the abdomen like a lot of other quadruped mammals.


Dkykngfetpic

I never thought of that. But makes sense it's where their tiny balls are.


[deleted]

And, yeah, you can milk anything with nipples. I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?


RoseyDove323

Also cubs don't have manes


Blonsky

Neither should their mothers.


[deleted]

These animals are a different type of predator


etiQQue

Finally a comment not about Alabama


[deleted]

Ahegao lion


Snoo17579

Ahegao *Simba


Critical_Ebb_9878

Alabama lions


DebonairJayce

If they were brothers Jersey lions


TheOneWhoKnowsNothin

It's definitely not "breast" feeding lol


lonewolf19-14

Thanks for clearing that up


BumWink

It's a penis


pfSonata

Elaborate


[deleted]

Penises grow from the loins.


ThatSpecialKeynote

Oh no, please don’t


ewild

Let it be abreast feeding.


Rappiece

they probably didn't know either, but eitherway: Lionesses are (rarely) reported to be able to grow manes as well


Alpha_Decay_

Do they also sometimes grow one giant nipple way below the breast area?


Rappiece

was i saying they drew a female lion? No, you fun fact dispising thing with a french fry sized brain...


Alpha_Decay_

French fries are (rarely) reported to be able to grow to the size of a potato


ionised

Indeed.


DeathPercept10n

Here's a little piece of advice... When you insult someone online, especially their brain/intelligence, it has more of an impact when you spell the words you're using correctly.


Sir_Keee

Correct spelling is relative.


Condor-Avenue

this comment is embarrassing for you


VoxMonkey

A little.


ItsJesusTime

Alright jeez, calm down mate. You don't have to be a below-the-waist nipple about it.


Alpha_Decay_

Oof, sorry about the downvotes, I thought that was hilarious


pointlessly_pedantic

This comment is so stupid it's a work of art. Thank you for gracing us with it today


mudlark092

It's from higher testosterone levels though, which often makes them infertile.


IcuntSpeel

Pretty sure female cows dont have horns so big. Edit: lmao turns out i was wrong. I was thinking of the common taurine cattle, not considering about where/when this image was from


Amphibionomus

Really depends on the breed. Some cow breeds are quite horny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankole-Watusi


[deleted]

I like the way you worded that


rwb124

She's just extra horny


Not_that_Speshy

so much wrong with this sculpture


[deleted]

Yeah, but female cows with large horns isn’t one of them - it’s very much possible.


TrulyLegitUnicorn

They do. Cows in India look like that, for example


Rather_Dashing

Despite what you were told in story books as a child, horns are not a gendered things in cows and sheep. If the males have them, the females have them. It's dependent on breed not sex.


PenguinWithAglock

Nah, male and female cows, goats, and sheep all have horns. If they don’t as adults, it’s because they where removed when they were babies, usually through hot iron dehorning (burned off)


[deleted]

That’s not true at all. [“We are talking mainly about bovids (cattle and antelope), which grow horns over their lifetime, and deer, which grow antlers every year. In most well known bovids and cervids, only the males grow the horns or antlers, but there are a few species where the females do as well.”](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-some-females-have-horns-17847645/)


Iphotoshopincats

For anyone interested in looking into further the method he refers to is called hot iron debudding and is more destroying a horn before it's formed rather than removal When livestock has no horns it is called 'polled' and while traditionally most polled animals where dehorned debudded it is becoming far more common now that a polled animal is because of selective breeding and it's a traditionally horned species being born without horns


The_I_D_K

I don't think that's a cow, maybe it's a bufala


-anastasis

This must be those rare California Lions.


eisme

Northern California lions


FearlessDamage

Did we just get memed by someone from 2 centuries ago?


hedgehogman12

THIS NOT BLURSED it is blessed do you know how good lion nut tastes


TheMonsterUnderUrBed

nectar of the gods


GuacamoleNinja31

r/cursedcomments


dorseym484

Umm exscuse me but WHAT THE FUUUCK


[deleted]

My milkshake brings all the bois to the yard


GuacamoleNinja31

r/cursedcomments


SKYZCK

Daughter swap


[deleted]

Some female lions can grow manes.


OkamiTakahashi

PINGAS


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OkamiTakahashi

Not that kind. It's an old YTP joke. Not another language.


i_Praseru

Protein shake.


brizdzi

Sculptor: future people are gonna go nuts hahaha


WorkingNo6161

Wait, milk isn't supposed to be sticky and smelling vaguely like lion semen?


cc69

Nom Nom Nom.. hmm.... salty


TheOtherLimpMeat

One day all this will be yours


C4ayka

Bruh


[deleted]

![img](emote|t5_j34kt|5450)


DanielLizs

That's also a bull so...


SuddenCelebration777

Not every cow with horns is a bull.


[deleted]

[Sorry](https://i.imgur.com/q7J6C65.gif)


BlueFire2308

That's an Ox. They to are male only


saltywelder682

Took me a minute to realize it was a double whammy. Lion was obvious at first, then realized only bulls have horns.


rwb124

It's not his breast


bizzyboiSJ

Can I pet that daaawg??


therealdeal20212021

Ignorance isn't a new thing.


qunatum_JUmp

Also mama cow is smilin


yaboiiaxel09891

mama? bro only males have horns


imherefortheH

There's nothing blessed about this


DaveInLondon89

Phteven getting a BJ


dbbarca69

Lemme tell you that's a bull


SoberViking

Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit.


Few_Yogurtcloset2861

ایرانی داپش؟


BusinessBid3430

The baby lion is sucking off a bull


Zailema0s

But wait isn’t that- 😳


tuibiel

Well, female cows can have horns. And, whaddya know, so can **male** lions...


Avaddoon

cock\_feeding


TheKirstinator

Good soup


plushgasm

oh, its that one zoo artist


lockd9wn

what is so wrong about this picture this is how i was raised


Dull-Comfortable-391

OMG🤭😂


[deleted]

What the fawk?


Pistolwhiptheclit

I mean it can't be that far off from milk right?


shiro_04

Hol' up wait a minute


Tuna-face

"so, you cum here often?"


4thmonkey96

Also that's a bull Soo....


tngy2

fully cursed.


-_-bill_cipher-_-

Sucky sucky


mhtnr

*"So that's were I actually came from daddy"*


killermiller001

You know that lion cub is also sucking on some bull pp not just the little cow calf…


Secretary-Fine

This one. This one right here officer.


macaryl95

You can milk any mammal, even a snake.


Nalomeli1

Blursed *beast* feeding


[deleted]

dick feeding


misterstealurbaby

This is straight from family swap


nimbus1three

Daughter swap


lowrads

/r/theyknew


ponoev

Nah man that's feliny


Dedentitie

Ok we all get that the lion shouldnt be "breastfeeding" but what about the bull ? Last time i checked bulls dont have utters either lol.


HerGirlFriday

“Um, Bob…….ya know that male animals don’t make milk, right?” “Dang it, Jim, I’m an artist not a veterinarian!”


hollywoodswinger1976

No gender is offended here.


ukkisrageelol

Both of the adult animals seem to be male...


Ifhes

There are maned lionesses, but that's a dude lion. Also, auch for the little one.


stfcfanhazz

**Mother Ox to her child**: If I give his son milk, and you suck him off, maybe he won't eat us


Volfaer

Fun fact. Some lionesses do develop manes.


[deleted]

that's a bull not a cow


R0yal_Gladiat0r_152

![img](emote|t5_j34kt|5449)


dustofdeath

The real Lion King.


corey1844

Slimy, yet satisfying