Editing Orgasm (section)

== Other animals ==
{{See also|Animal sexual behaviour}}

The mechanics of male orgasm are similar in most male mammals.<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = Fox |first1 = C. A. |last2 = Fox |first2 = Beatrice |date = 1971 |title = A comparative study of coital physiology, with special reference to the sexual climax |journal = Journal of Reproduction and Fertility |volume = 24 |issue = 3 |pages = 319–336 |doi = 10.1530/jrf.0.0240319 |pmid = 4926898 |df = mdy-all |doi-access = free }}</ref> Females of all mammal and some non-mammal species, such as alligators,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.crocodilian.com/crocfaq/faq-8.html |title = Crocodilian Captive Care FAQ (Caiman, Alligator, Crocodile) |publisher = Crocodilian.com |date = March 5, 1996 |access-date = October 15, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170309214115/http://www.crocodilian.com/crocfaq/faq-8.html |archive-date = March 9, 2017 }}</ref> have clitorises.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Doody|first1=J. Sean|last2=Dinets|first2=Vladimir|last3=Burghardt|first3=Gordon M.|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year= 2021|title=The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles|page=49|access-date=January 3, 2024|isbn=978-1-4214-4068-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1MvEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA49}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Balcombe |first = Jonathan |title = Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good |publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |isbn = 978-1-4039-8602-3 |year = 2007 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JTb7_XfgelYC&pg=PA111 |access-date = 27 October 2015 |archive-date = 15 June 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130615061205/http://books.google.com/books?id=JTb7_XfgelYC&pg=PA111 |url-status = live }}</ref> There has been ongoing research about the [[sexuality of dolphins]], one of many species which engage in sexual intercourse for [[Non-reproductive sexual behavior in animals|reasons other than reproduction]].<ref>National Geographic's ''Dolphins: The wild side'' documentary (1999). "Sex is as frequent as it is casual, a social tool used to strengthen and maintain bonds. But beneath the harmony lies a darker side of dolphins. Gangs of strong males pick on younger or smaller dolphins.", quote from [https://web.archive.org/web/20090815060458/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/press/990202.html National Geographic website]</ref> The duration of orgasm varies considerably among different mammal species.<ref name="KomisarukWhipple2009">{{cite book |author1 = Barry R. Komisaruk |author2 = Beverly Whipple |author3 = Sara Nasserzadeh |author4 = Carlos Beyer-Flores |title = The Orgasm Answer Guide |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Kkts3AX9QVAC&q=(cervidae%7Ccanidae%7Cfelidae%7Cbovidae%7Cmammal)+orgasm&pg=PA60 |access-date = February 17, 2013 |date = November 17, 2009 |publisher = JHU Press |isbn = 978-0-8018-9395-7 |pages = 60– |archive-date = February 27, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230227055203/https://books.google.com/books?id=Kkts3AX9QVAC&q=%28cervidae%7Ccanidae%7Cfelidae%7Cbovidae%7Cmammal%29+orgasm&pg=PA60 |url-status = live }}</ref>