Elephants have sexual desire only after eating mandrakes — Mythoi

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Elephants have sexual desire only after eating mandrakes.

Animals. · Fanciful traits of animals. · Fanciful habits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B754.2

Filed across the traditions

English Wells 182 (The Bestiary).

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Filed under Sexual habits of animals.

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Unusual sexual union of animals Animal changes sex periodically Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.) Male rabbit bears young. Female rabbit escaped Noah on ark and drowned Cocks kept from intercourse with hens have tenderest meat Peacock pregnant without intercourse. Male spits up semen and female eats it. This as a curse. (Cf. A2236.5.) Unusual parturition of animal

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