Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

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Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

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Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago

Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birds

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I’ll just cross bird masturbation off my list of world problems then. Let’s see… here it is on page 1129.

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