Guardian Australia · Animal behaviour

‘It’s really, really unusual’: tender bond between male donkey and bull baffles scientists

· By Nicola Davis
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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…

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