Sexes (May 2021)

The Rare Phenomenon of Consecutive Ejaculations in Male Rats

  • Joanna M. Mainwaring,
  • Angela C. B. Garcia,
  • Elaine M. Hull,
  • Erik Wibowo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes2020016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 183 – 188

Abstract

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Mounting, intromission and ejaculation are commonly reported sexual behaviours in male rats. In a mating session, they can have several copulatory series with post-ejaculatory intervals in between ejaculations before they reach sexual satiety. Here, we describe a phenomenon where male rats displayed consecutive ejaculations (CE) with a short inter-ejaculatory interval (IEI). Male rats were daily mated with a sexually receptive female rat. Two out of 15 rats displayed CE in one of their mating tests. The first rat had CE at 9.9 and 10.1 min (IEI = 16.3 s) after the start of the test. The second rat showed CE at 28.1 and 28.5 min (IEI = 18.7 s) after the test onset. During the IEI, the rats did not show any mounting or intromission.

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