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Masturbation activities independently fulfilling sexual desire, turned out to not only be done by humans. Cute animals like squirrels, petite land is, good at it.

Is Jane Waterman, an expert in the evolution of sex life and behavior in animals, which revealed that the research results in the paper 'The Adaptive Function of Masturbation in a Promiscuous African Ground Squirrel'.

As quoted from the site DiscoverMagazine.com, Waterman did a study of male ground squirrels in Namibia Africa. She watched through binoculars ground squirrels during 2000 hours, and record all activities undertaken by the animal.

Apparently, the squirrel likes to masturbate. Even according to Waterman, this animal to masturbate by optimizing the hands and mouth at once.

It was indeed could have been done by these animals, given the male ground squirrels have a scrotum whose length is about one-fifth of the total body length (tail excluded). In fact he has a genital organ in length 2 times the length of the scrotum.

"Squirrel male oral masturbate by sitting and bent his head," said Waterman. Squirrels make good use of oral stimulation and hands, Waterman continued. After the climax, the squirrels will eat the results of menstruation.

Not like the theory that many people expected, that masturbation made by parties who did not get a pair, the squirrel was even more frequent masturbation after mating with a partner.

Referring to this fact, Waterman concluded that masturbation is part of the process of medication for the squirrels. In this way, the squirrel would reduce the risk of infection by sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, masturbation can clean genitalsnya tool in two ways: clean it from the outside, and drain the liquid inside.