Coitus sequence 7 - satisfaction - Flickr - Lip Kee
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Summary[edit] Description: Mating display of sunbird Display: www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2228095699 Actual coital sequence: 1 Female positioned herself and started fluttering www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2228083267/ 2 With the fluttering she leaned forward www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2228875066 3 The male which was displaying above and infront of her hovered in and mounted www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2228083025 4 Very briefly there was very close contact, the assumption is that penetration had occurred www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2228082883 5 Before we realised it he was already dismounting www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2228874740 6 and hovered away - this sequence was repeated twice more in quick succession before she turned away www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2228874600 7. stopped the fluttering motion, apparently satisfied (above) Apologies if this seems rather explicit Purple-throated Sunbird - female Leptocoma sperata Central catchment area, Singapore 28th. January 2008. Date: 28 January 2008, 16:17. Source: Coitus sequence 7 - satisfaction. Author: Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
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