2006-11-12 07:20:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Probably not, as in the animal kingdom they do not have the kind of rules, values and morals that we have.
However, there are probably adult animals that 'mate' with younger animals on a daily basis.
2006-11-13 21:41:17 · answer #1 · answered by thebigtombs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but there is no age of consent for animals!! Sex begins as soon as they are sexually mature, which in all honesty, is when they begin to menstruate (in females). In humans, although females may begin menstruation (and would tehrefore be considered sexually mature in the animal kingdom) at age 10 or so, they are still considered children until they reach the age of 16. So paedophilia does exist in the animal kingdom if you impose the same rules on them as society does on us.
2006-11-12 23:14:09 · answer #2 · answered by kerrykinsmalosevich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incest.
Drunkenness (the monkeys in the Caribbean)
Masturbation
Homosexuality
They all exist in the animal world so it wouldn't surprise me.
People think homosexuality, and the others are genetic things, so maybe some poor animal is unfortunate to be 'attracted' to under developed members of the opposite sex (but of the same species)
2006-11-13 01:03:01 · answer #3 · answered by speedball182 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in humans!!! Ok i'm being pedantic but we ARE animals. Don't have any input for your question, but i would like to make my own comment. Paedophilia is merely a term used to describe a NATURAL behaviour in the human species. Morality is a product of the human mind........
2006-11-13 06:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by nurnord 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Animals don't have arbitrary sexual mores. They do what they do. They have no age of consent, so it isn't possible for a consenting adult to have relations with a minor. Only humans make such distinctions.
Watch domesticated animals closely enough and you'll see all manner of what would be unusual or even distasteful sexual behavior for humans among them.
2006-11-15 04:50:41 · answer #5 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could think of it fantastically perplexing to benefit sexual habit in asexual reproducing organisms. confident, there's a parallel to incest (that's known to be a considerable variety of speciation in case you carry on with the strictest of human definitions) in the animal kingdom. yet maximum species have some variety of optimal inbreeding mechanism in place and that's barely whilst that's interupted that incest happens. Pedophelia is a lot extra good to intepret in view that there is not genuine definition of a sexual habit that may not additionally a social one in some ingredient.
2016-10-17 04:50:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Among a wide range of animals.
2006-11-12 10:29:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually in at least one case it doe. The bonobo monkeys have sex with everyone - there is incest, pedeophillia and lots of other things that most of us don't want to think about. For scientists, these are one of the most interesting species to watch and try learn from.
2006-11-12 07:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by Hotnbothered 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wow, ick, but I think : No. Part of their instinct to "do it" relies on hormones, being in heat, etc. ,so since a not yet adult animal would not have the scent to attract another, I guess no.
2006-11-12 07:30:14 · answer #9 · answered by Sheila 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Of course it does...you have obviously never watched a field of cows.
2006-11-12 22:52:46 · answer #10 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋