Do turtles really moan?
gr...@crip.ag.uiuc.edu
I was watching a special on the Discovery channel the other day and was
amazed when I saw the part on the turtles. After turning the female onto
her back so that she couldn't get away, then fighting off another turtle,
the male turtle started to do his thing with the female. Anyways, my roomate
and I were amazed (and got a big laugh out of) by the fact that the male
actually moaned! I swear that it's the truth.
I was wondering if this is true for all turtles or if it is just these
giant turtles that make noise while having fun. Are there any other animals
that do this? I thought that it was specific to some annoying humans.
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David Esan
>I was wondering if this is true for all turtles or if it is just these
>giant turtles that make noise while having fun. Are there any other animals
>that do this? I thought that it was specific to some annoying humans.
I had the pleasure (?) of watching two Galapagos tortoises going at it in
the San Diego zoo. He was quite noisy, moaning and groaning.
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Ken Brucker
>amazed when I saw the part on the turtles. After turning the female onto
>her back so that she couldn't get away, then fighting off another turtle,
>the male turtle started to do his thing with the female. Anyways, my roomate
>and I were amazed (and got a big laugh out of) by the fact that the male
>actually moaned! I swear that it's the truth.
I was at the zoo about a month and saw something similar. Although the female
did not get flipped over. These were the large several hundred pound land
turtles and they were going at it. And there was definitely some moaning.
Some of the comments I overheard:
"Put it in fast motion!"
"Go for it #23!" -- The turtles had #s painted on the shells for id.
Ken
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>
>I was wondering if this is true for all turtles or if it is just these
>giant turtles that make noise while having fun. Are there any other animals
>that do this? I thought that it was specific to some annoying humans.
>
My wife and I went down to the zoo a while back and watched a pair of giant land
turtles (or maybe they were tortoises. They were BIG) mate. It was very slow
(yessss....) and yes, the male groaned very loudly. This was a live sex act,
so I can guarantee there was no overdubbing (sorry, that was a thread in
alt.sex). The female didn't make nay noise. Actually, the female may have been
asleep (like I said, it was very slow...).
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In article <15...@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>,
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victoria crawford
occasions in different cities, seen giant tortoises mating and have heard
the males moaning like there's no tomorrow.
Doesn't it seem like there is a disproportionate number of tortoise-mating
sightings? I mean, I don't think I've ever seen any *other* zoo animals
making it, and an awful lot of us a.f.u. types have run across it.
Victoria "This must not be an endangered species" Crawford
David A Keldsen
>I was watching a special on the Discovery channel the other day and was
>amazed when I saw the part on the turtles. After turning the female onto
>her back so that she couldn't get away, then fighting off another turtle,
>the male turtle started to do his thing with the female. Anyways, my roomate
>and I were amazed (and got a big laugh out of) by the fact that the male
>actually moaned! I swear that it's the truth.
Gives a whole new meaning to "And the voice of the turtle is heard
throughout our land," doesn't it? (Song of Songs, KJV, 2:12).
;-)
(Apparently, "turtle" in this verse is a mis-translation of "turtledove."
A pity, really; the imagery of the King James version is, ah, interesting.)
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>2. I'm organizing of having a West Coast a.f.u convention.
> If you can get to the Silicon Valley area, and you'd be interested
> in attending, please include the subliminal message "WEST" in your
> next posting.
Since Silicon Valley is about as AFU as it can get, it sounds
like a great place for said convention. Sign me up! I'm just
around the corner and down the street from Bldg. 12 in M.V.
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Ken Brucker
>Doesn't it seem like there is a disproportionate number of tortoise-mating
>sightings? I mean, I don't think I've ever seen any *other* zoo animals
>making it, and an awful lot of us a.f.u. types have run across it.
Well, I have seen Powalski's (sp?) Horses going at it as well.
Maybe the disproportionate number has something to do with how slow the
tortoises are about it! ;-)
Dave Tiller N2KAU
-[....] the male turtle started to do his thing with the female. [....]
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-I was wondering if this is true for all turtles or if it is just these
-giant turtles that make noise while having fun. Are there any other animals
-that do this? I thought that it was specific to some annoying humans.
In the PBS-style series "Life On Earth," which is execllent, there is a
scene of two Galapagos turtles (tortises?) mating. They were both right-
side up, male superior, and yes, he made a racket.
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>Doesn't it seem like there is a disproportionate number of tortoise-mating
>sightings? I mean, I don't think I've ever seen any *other* zoo animals
>making it, and an awful lot of us a.f.u. types have run across it.
>
>Victoria "This must not be an endangered species" Crawford
Actually I have seen a lion and lioness mating in the Como Park Zoo in
Minneapolis, Minn. It was quite, umm, interesting. The lioness was flat on
the ground while the lion went at it, including biting the top of her neck.
There were no noises to speak of, but afterwards the lioness rolled belly-up
while the lion went off to sleep (typical male ;-)8 ). The parents of the
interested group of kids watching probably had to answer some tough questions
that night!
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>In article <15...@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>,
> lin...@adapt.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden) writes...
> Good WEST idea. All the best WEST posters are on the WEST West WEST Coast.
Well put.
I'd love to attend.
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