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An article published a few weeks ago relates an unexpected interaction between two male humpback whales<\/a>. Indeed, the two bulls were caught on video… mating! The scene certainly raised a few eyebrows!<\/p>\n

Although this type of behaviour has already been observed in the animal kingdom between two individuals of the same sex, these two humpbacks had a lot of people talking! Even if they are relatively unknown to the general public, the sex lives of cetaceans consist of a multitude of purposeful and varied socio-sexual behaviours that are notably used to resolve a number of social issues between individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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