Tortoise courtship of & mating with wok

(Testudo horsfieldi x. Testudo calphalon)

Amazingly, this is not one of my animals. But about as dumb.
The courtship and mounting behaviour of tortoises is elaborate, and based on a multiple signalling system involving visual, olfactory and acoustic signals. Vocalizations related to mounting seem to be particularly significant because tortoises vocalize mainly at this time. Vocalizations and courtship behaviour may be costly for males, and if these costs increase differentially for different males, then the potential exists for vocalizations and displays to reveal male individual quality. In this correlative study, we analysed relationships between male mounting success and morphological and behavioural traits, particularly acoustic signals, exhibited by male marginated tortoises (Testudo marginata) during courtship, in a group of 94 individuals breeding in semi-natural enclosures. For each male, we estimated general body condition, courtship intensity and mounting success; calls of mounting males were recorded and four sonagraphic features were measured. Calls differed significantly among males, and two features varied according to body condition. Male mounting success significantly increased according to the male/female size-ratio, suggesting the existence of a size-based assortative mating. Mounting success was also highly correlated with courtship intensity, measured as number of bites and rams given to females before mounting, and with number of calls emitted during mounting. Finally, mounting success was negatively related to call duration. To our knowledge, this is the first study in which features of tortoise vocalizations are shown to convey reliable information about male quality in socio-sexual contexts.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Tortoise
• Testudo
• horsfieldi
• calphalon

[Nyarlathotep1926]

Think of the risk of salmonella.

To the turtle, I mean.

When you make love to a wok, you're making love with every other piece of cookware it's ever encountered.

[slaphed]

P.S. H.P.Lovecraft rules.

[slaphed]

Ha ha, that's very funny. I've had males try and mate my feet and a friend bought a lone male hermanni a stone tortoise sex toy which he fell in lust with but I've never seen one attempting to mate with a wok!! Our male marginata (seen on video above) will chase after you in the outdoor pens if the female has hidden herself away from him when he's feeling horny.

[porsche911gt3]

Tortoise masturbation.

[frozenpandaman]

wat

[kiwitoothpaste]

Cookware molestation is not funny. D:<

[asemoknyo]

Deeply sexual :D

[SPeNDA55]

wtf

[davidgorila]

jajaja eso es de verdad? me ha parecido ver una tortuga follando con una cacerola... ke saldra de ahi? sopa de tortuga? una tortuga ninja? jajaja buscadle una novia a esa tortuguita

[stevenkopfstein]

That's hot.