Mallard mother finally escapes
(Anas platyrhynchos) Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.
From the previously cited website, again:
“Forced copulation is a regular feature of sexual activity among ducks [especially Mallards]. In the phenomenon known as "rape flight," several Mallards will aggressively peck at a female duck until she submits to sex (or dies). There's reason to believe that female ducks very much do NOT enjoy this; the duck vagina has developed in a "rape-specific way" which allows female ducks to prevent pregnancy from this forced sexual contact*. But can we compare this animal behavior to the human conception of rape? Nagoski argues that there's no such thing as "duck rape" for the same reason that meat isn't murder—animals are incapable of consenting (or not consenting) to sex....”
By the way, my naturalist's hat is now crushed beyond all recognition....
Mallard mother finally escapes
(Anas platyrhynchos) Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.
From the previously cited website, again:
“Forced copulation is a regular feature of sexual activity among ducks [especially Mallards]. In the phenomenon known as "rape flight," several Mallards will aggressively peck at a female duck until she submits to sex (or dies). There's reason to believe that female ducks very much do NOT enjoy this; the duck vagina has developed in a "rape-specific way" which allows female ducks to prevent pregnancy from this forced sexual contact*. But can we compare this animal behavior to the human conception of rape? Nagoski argues that there's no such thing as "duck rape" for the same reason that meat isn't murder—animals are incapable of consenting (or not consenting) to sex....”
By the way, my naturalist's hat is now crushed beyond all recognition....