‘It’s really, really unusual’: tender bond between male donkey and bull baffles scientists
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Key context: <p>Patroclo and Achille’s interspecies affair sheds new light on social and sexual relations between animals, scientists say</p><p>In ancient myth, Achilles and Patroclus were two Greek heroes of the Trojan war whose intense bond was believed by some to have turned into a sexual relationship.</p><p>In modern science, they are a bull, Achille, and a donkey, Patroclo, whose tender interspecies affair has helped to shed new light on social and sexual interactions between animals.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/nov/02/tender-bond-male-donkey-bull-baffles-scientists">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Patroclo and Achille’s interspecies affair sheds new light on social and sexual relations between animals, scientists sayIn ancient myth, Achilles and Patroclus were two Greek heroes of the Trojan war whose intense bond was believed by some to have turned into a sexual relationship.In modern science, they are a bull, Achille, and a donkey, Patroclo, whose tender interspecies affair has helped to shed new light on social and sexual interactions between animals. Continue reading...
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