• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    In high school, I once got to tour the zoo with zookeepers guiding and taking us back in the more private spaces.

    (Standing 2 feet away from a 500 pound still-growing tiger is a memorable experience. Especially when the keeper reaches through the grate to pinch the sleeping fella’s toe bean.)

    One of the exhibits we got more in depth was this endangered wild horse, where they were part of a breeding program.

    The zookeeper was laughing his ass off as a dad was trying to explain what the horse was doing (rocking back and forth…) to his kids.

    When the family left, the zookeeper turned to us, and apologized and said “the stallion is masturbating.”

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    This popped into my feed so you’re all going to have to suffer through it too.

  • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, it was always weird when the one stallion in the stable started doing it. I’m sure it’s some sort of nightmare (and someone’s fetish) scenario to be locked within scores of other horses, most of which are mares, and not be able to have sex. And, yeah, the owner of the stallion was definitely a strange one, even compared to all the horse girls.