10 Bizarre Animal Mating Rituals

 

Description: We all do it, but you’ll be amazed at how many different ways there are to actually get the job done, and the animal kingdom is the master of coming up with elaborate and inventive ways. From fish that change gender, to exploding testicles, we count 10 bizarre animal mating rituals. 10. Honey Bee Bees reproduce in a truly amazing way, although I don’t think it’s anything we should be jealous of. To put the story short, a virgin queen bee is fed a royal jelly by the worker bees to induce her to become sexually active. Once this has been achieved, the Queen bee will begin her mating ritual with about 10-12 male drones out of thousands of candidates. Seems like they’re lucky up to this point. However, it all goes quickly downhill from there, as during mating the male’s genitals explode and their penises snap off inside the queen to plug her up so other drones don’t’ fertilize the Queen. Did I forget to mention the males die in this process too? 9. Flatworm Flatworms treat sex a bit more like war than love. Flatworms, like all sea slugs, are hermaphrodites, meaning they sport both a male and a female reproductive organ. The male organ is actually two dagger-like penises that they also use to hunt aside from mating. During mating, two flatworms have a fight to try to stab each other, while avoiding getting stabbed themselves. The “loser” who gets stabbed will absorb the sperm through its skin and then has to leave bear the burden of motherhood.