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Splashing, songs are
part of mating
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Associated Press
Here is a look at some of nature's more interesting mating rituals, as detailed at the Zoorotica Valentine's Day event at the Honolulu Zoo:
>> Elephants: A male's glands secrete fluid as he becomes aroused. He can become so intoxicated with his own scent, he'll dribble urine filled with hormones as he pursues a female.
>> White-handed gibbons sing high-pitched notes to one another.
>> Female orangutans mate just once every seven years.
>> Foreplay among rhino-ceroses can go on for days or weeks. Mating lasts about an hour and an half, and the male ejaculates about every one to two minutes.
>> Males crocodiles blow bubbles and splash to attract females' attention.
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