Today I found out male giraffes take a mouthful of the female’s urine to determine if she’d be a good mate.
This is known as the “Flehmen sequence”, where the male giraffe will approach the female and then rub against her backside until she pees.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 11:57 (nine years ago)