When I was really little, my favorite animals were giraffes. No idea why, other than, sure they are cool. They got replaced with cats in elementary school, and then octopuses in high school.
But I still have an affinity for giraffes. And they sure have an affinity for drinking pee!
Not because they’re thirsty, but because they’re thirsty.
When a dude is ready to go to Pound Town, he rubs his head up against his tootsie’s booty and if he’s lucky, she’ll let out a wee stream of wee for him to sip.
BUT WHY? He’s checking out if she’s ready to make a baby, too! Physiologically, at least. This doesn’t mean she’s emotionally ready!
So he follows her around, trying to stick his pickle in her pickle jar. This can take hours or days because this future mama wants to make sure her baby-daddy is worth the effort and no one better is going to come around in the meantime. Sometimes he goes for it and she’s all like “nah” and just walks away.
no good source for this, sorry!
But eventually, she might decide he’s pickle-jar-worthy and then… in a spectacular feat of hopefully managing to not fall down mid-coitus, they smush uglies!
Source
- Giraffe social behaviour, D Pratt & V Anderson (Journal of Natural History) side note: This article was so fun to read! Select quote: “when the bull nuzzles her rump, she must produce a stream of urine if he is to catch some in his mouth and savour it.”
Sexy Science Facts 