Friday 9 November 2001

The first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Aves: Anatidae)

DEINSEA 8: 243-247 [ISSN 0932-9308]
Published 9 November 2001

C.W. Moeliker

Natuurmuseum Rotterdam

On 5 June 1995 an adult male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) collided with the glass façade of the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam and died. An other drake mallard ‘raped’ the corpse almost continuously for 75 minutes. Then the author disturbed the scene and secured the dead duck. Dissection showed that the rape-victim indeed was of the male sex. It is concluded that the mallards were engaged in an ‘Attempted Rape Flight’ that resulted in the first described case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/papers/duck.pdf

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