Wild Sex

Sex in the animal kingdom is often bizarre, but octopuses take it to a whole new level.

Snails with situs inversus, the asymmetrical mirroring of parts inside the body, are extremely unlucky when it comes to sex.

For male seahorses, parenting skills and being a sweet dancer are a must to make it in the underwater dating scene.

For the praying mantis, sex becomes an act of cannibalism.

These birds build love shacks worth fighting over.

The sex life of the goby fish is all about third wheeling.

This flower tricks loner bees into having sex with it.

Male nursery web spiders bring gifts to females in hopes to mate, but female spiders will only accept the biggest and best gifts.

These frogs will stop at nothing to reproduce - not even death.

Male rats have a few tricks that serve to increase the likelihood of their own reproductive success, and their main source of sperm security involves a mating plug.

Female hyenas use pseudo-penises to reject and accept mates.

Foam orgy parties are the norm for these tree frogs.

Some female dragonflies fake their death in order to not mate with an interested male. Because dragonfly mating is actually pretty dangerous.

Some spiders use sticky mating plugs to ward off, trap, and even bond with sexual partners.