Humans can be odd creatures , particularly when it come to our sexual desire . However , we might not be alone in the brute realm with the weird , pent-up and downright creepy urges that some psychologists consider we all possess . A field of study showedthat seals can also exhibit house of having anOedipus complex – that ’s psychoanalytical jargon for wanting to have sexual activity with your own mother .
scientist observed the behavior amongAntarctic pelt sealson Trypot Beach on Marion Island , off the coast of South Africa in the Indian Ocean . These seal tend to touch intimate maturity date around three to four years of age , however the scientists witnessed a 90 - day - old seal humping his short mother .
Published in the Journal of Ethology , the authors wrote , the “ pup was first seen suckling from its mother . The female rolled onto her back at which point the pup climbed onto her . The female then wheel onto her abdomen , and the pup then perform exonerated hip thrusts … Pelvic movement became more vigorous and , after three minutes , the female person roll over . ” They could n’t see whether the whelp carry his member , though …
After being thrown off , the puppy deliver for a suckle , but 30 s later it go for rhythm two , thrusting for about a minute of arc before suckling again . Clearly all that humping was thirsty oeuvre … The twosome then fell asleep , bless .
A few days afterward , the same stamp was caught going for it again , but this time he was chased off by an adult male person , suggesting this was indeed a phase of copulatory demeanor . seemingly undeterred , like clockwork the following daytime , the sealing wax was at it once more .
The male Antarctic fur seal whelp assay to mate its own female parent . picture credit : Mammal Research Institute , University of Pretoria .
The scientist believe this is a type of sexual gambol conduct with “ component of the Oedipus complex , ” as the mother seemed fair insensible and there was nothing to suggest it was a form of strong-growing sexual compulsion . They also enounce there was no penetration .
The full term Oedipus complex was coined bySigmund Freud , the tycoon of all thing sexually distrust . It ’s a terminus in psychoanalytical possibility that refer to the human desire to resist your father and sexually possess your female parent , in homage to the Greek mythic character of Oedipus , who ( albeit inadvertently ) killed his Church Father and marry his mother .
old studies in the 1990s suggested this characteristic might be present in other primates , such ascotton - top tamarins(whose scientific name is actuallySaguinusoedipus ) . However , this piece of work from the Mammal Research Institute , University of Pretoria is the first study to show that non - primates may also exhibit this intimate hiccough .
Then again , if you believe this doings is foreign , you should hear whatAdélie Penguinsget up to .
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