Sexual intercourse

:This article is about sexual intercourse in humans and its societal implications. For biological copulation in general, see copulation.

Misconceptions

There is a mistaken belief that dolphins, bonobos, and humans are the only animals that have sex for pleasure; in actual fact, what distinguishes these three species from other animals is that they also have heterosexual sex when the female is not at a point in her gestation cycle suitable for successful impregnation http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/pleasure.htm.

Related Topics:
Dolphin - Bonobo

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A related myth is that only humans have homosexual sex but Bonobos regularly engage in various forms of intercourse and/or stimulation of the same sex, in addition to other animals such as dogs.

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