Monkeys have been observed mating with a wide variety of other types of animals, including dogs, a fact well attested by videos on YouTube and by information presented in the pages on primate hybridization on this website.
Probably not. Ethical considerations preclude definitive research on the subject, but it's safe to say that human DNA has become so different from that of other animals that interbreeding would likely be impossible.
Some monkeys in Gombe National Park don't seem to mind if the monkey they're mating with is not their own species. Instead, "promiscuous" red-tailed and blue monkeys are coming together and making hybrids.
A new study of guenon monkeys in Gombe National Park is the first to provide genetic evidence of ongoing mating between two distinct species. These monkeys have successfully been producing hybrid offspring for hundreds maybe even thousands of years.
There are documented cases of Soviet experiments in the 1920s where artificial insemination was attempted using female chimps and human sperm. However, none of these experiments resulted in a pregnancy, much less the birth of a 'humanzee'.
Oral sex has been observed throughout the animal kingdom, from dolphins to primates.
Researchers in the Soviet Union and China have both experimented with the idea. Russian biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov attempted the same thing in the 1920s, but failed to achieve a successful pregnancy in female chimpanzees artificially inseminated with human sperm.
Researchers believe that macaques have sex for pleasure because their sexual behavior is similar to humans. For example, macaques experience elevated heart rates and vaginal spasms when mating.
Not only do animals enjoy the deed, they also likely have orgasms, Bekoff said. They are difficult to measure directly but by watching facial expressions, body movements and muscle relaxation, many scientists have concluded that animals reach a pleasurable climax, he said.
Five of the female monkeys had "successful heterospecific consortships" with deer. That is, they had "a temporary, but exclusive, sexual association" with an individual from another species, with "three or more mounts within a 10-minute period." All told there were 13 successful pairings — and 258 separate mounts.
No, gorillas and chimpanzees cannot mate. The two species are evolutionarily too distant and their DNA is too dissimilar for a gorilla and a chimpanzee to produce offspring.
Researchers believe that macaques have sex for pleasure because their sexual behavior is similar to humans. For example, macaques experience elevated heart rates and vaginal spasms when mating.
Sex between different species—also called "misdirected mating" or "reproductive interference"—is rare but not unheard of in the animal realm. Besides seals, types of dolphin, bird and big cat have been known to engage in various types of sexual activity with other species.
Humans are pretty unusual in having sex throughout the year rather than saving it for a specific mating season. Most animals time their reproductive season so that young are born or hatch when there is more food available and the weather isn't so harsh. There are exceptions, though.
Our human ancestors were still interbreeding with their chimp cousins long after first splitting from the chimpanzee lineage, a genetic study suggests. Early humans and chimps may even have hybridised completely before diverging a second time.
“Small-bodied and vulnerable adolescent female Japanese macaques may prefer to engage in relatively safer sexual interactions with female monkey sexual partners in lieu of riskier sexual interactions with more aggressive male mates,” Gunst-Leca says, explaining that sometimes humping other animals is safer than hooking ...
The blue whale penis is the largest in the animal kingdom. It is commonly cited as having an average penis length of 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) to 3 metres (9.8 ft) and a diameter of 30 centimetres (12 in) to 36 centimetres (14 in).
And they do exist—mules, for instance, are the result of a horse and donkey mating. But creating hybrids of animals that are very genetically distinct from each other—such as a dog and a cat—is scientifically impossible, as is one species giving birth to an entirely different one.
A wholphin, a cross between a female bottle-nosed dolphin and a male false killer whale, is one of the rarest hybrid animals on earth.
Not only do animals enjoy the deed, they also likely have orgasms, Bekoff said. They are difficult to measure directly but by watching facial expressions, body movements and muscle relaxation, many scientists have concluded that animals reach a pleasurable climax, he said.
When a wolf and a dog breed, the offspring they produce are fertile. That means that these offspring can also breed. Dogs can also be bred with coyotes, producing a coydog.
We're sure some of these are bound to surprise you! Beavers are one of the few mammals that mate for a lifetime, only choosing to find another mate if their original mate dies. But here's where it gets interesting: there are two types of beavers, European beavers and North American beavers.
Wolves and dogs are interfertile, meaning they can breed and produce viable offspring.
As to the feasibility of the requisite mating, various YouTube videos document the fact that small dogs have been occasionally known to mate with hens. Further, it is well known that chickens will adopt the young of other types of animals, including dogs, as shown in the picture at right.