Tuesday, March 08, 2005

ass-fucking: not just for humans anymore

Ever have a day when you learn a new word and then it pops up everywhere you look? Like ass-fucking...?
The strange case of the homosexual necrophiliac duck pushed out the boundaries of knowledge in a rather improbable way when it was recorded by Dutch researcher Kees Moeliker....

Ducks behave pretty badly, it seems. It is not so much that up to one in 10 of mallard couples are homosexual - no one would raise an eyebrow in the liberal Netherlands - but they regularly indulge in 'attempted rape flights' when they pursue other ducks with a view to forcible mating. 'Rape is a normal reproductive strategy in mallards,' explains Mr Moeliker....

His findings have provoked a lot of interest - especially in Britain for some reason - but no other recorded cases of duck necrophilia. However, Mr Moeliker was informed of an American case involving a squirrel and a dead partner, although in this case it is not known whether the necrophilia observed was homosexual or not as the victim had been run over by a truck shortly before the incident.
So it seems not only is ass-fucking good for human society but it is a normal part of the natural order. Damn, that Karl Rove is crunk!

Little did I guess that GOP efforts to turn us into the ass-fucking society was inspired by a Rousseau-ian desire to reintroduce balance via nature's laws. Whiny comparisons to Mark Hanna are sooooo banal, Rove is a freakin' Aristotle!