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This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual” (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Tortoises use sight and have a good sense of sight to be fair but they also use scent from the cloaca to gather information about things like sex of a partner

he knows what he’s doing

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (5 children)

He can't smell, either, but he's been with that tortoise for over thirty years and snubs all the females around.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Which is impressive cause tortoises are famously horny and will fuck anything

nsfw?

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