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Why do cats meow in pain during mating?

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Have you ever heard the scream of a cat in heat?

Cats are also heartbroken during mating

It feels very painful

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The male cat’s penis is very It's small, about 2cm, and has barbs.

Why do cats scream in pain when mating?

Male cats are "three-second brothers"

Cats do not belong Animals at the top of the food chain also have many natural enemies in the wild, and mating for too long is not a good thing for them.

Therefore, the cat’s ancestors adopted a highly efficient mating model, which basically involves ejaculation immediately after the penis enters the female cat’s vagina.

There are barbs on the penis of male cats to stimulate ovulation in female cats

Cats are different from people and most animals. Most animals ovulate first and then mate and wait for sperm to fertilize, but cats It is mating that then stimulates the female cat to ovulate.

So in order to enhance the stimulation of ovulation, male cats have small horny spines on their penis.

Mating is very painful for female cats

When cats mate, the male cat’s mace-like penis will sting the female cat. Female cats usually attack male cats after mating, so the male cat runs away immediately after ejaculation to prevent being attacked by the female cat.

Some timid male cats may become completely "impotent" due to psychological shadow after being attacked by female cats.

So, the way the male cat bites the female cat's neck may look cruel, but in fact it is a desperate tactic by the male cat to protect itself from further attacks by the female cat.

This method of protection is a bit special. It is not about suppressing the female cat so that she cannot turn around and attack. Rather, it was a "behavioral trick" performed by the male cat.

Why do cats scream in pain when mating?

To a certain extent, it is also to prevent the female cat from escaping due to pain.

Cat mating is only driven by instinct

Most animals are driven into estrus by body hormones. Only unscrupulous animals like humans mate for the sake of orgasm.

CatThe point of mating is not the pleasure, but to reduce hormone levels in the body in order to get pregnant after mating. Because a non-pregnant cat will constantly go into heat.

From this perspective, there is actually no pleasure in cat mating. It's more driven by physiological instinct.

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