Thursday 14 January 2021

Red Fox- copulatory tie

 








A pair of foxes were in the obs garden this afternoon mating. The mating resulted in the animals getting stuck together, a phenomenon called 'Copulatory Tie'. There is a bone like structure in the penis called the baculum and the tip of this swells in an area of tissue called the bulbus glandis. This swelling causes the male and female to get locked together. Release occurs when the swelling is reduced following ejaculation. Source Here . It can last for up to 90 minutes but these two got unlocked after about 30 minutes. 

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Great shots of this behaviour. It's that time of year!

Steve Gale said...

This happened to my pet dog when I was about 6-7 years old. For quite a while afterwards I thought dogs mated by sticking their bum holes together. It might also explain why my early attempts at sex were such dismal failures...

Peter Alfrey said...

lol lol!