First, it was the Yale chick, with her “bobbin’-for-apples, if-you-know-what-I-mean”-lifestyle column. Now, even certain fish are getting involved with the intrigue of sexual politics:

Swedish scientists have found that female brown trout fake orgasms in about half of their spawnings.

Erik Peterrson of Sweden’s National Board of Fisheries said out of 117 spawnings they observed, 69 were false orgasms.

During a normal spawning, the female digs a gravel pit for the eggs. When she prepares to mate, she crouches down to protect the nest, opens her mouth and starts to quiver intensely.

The male then swims alongside the female, assumes the same position,opens his mouth and starts to quiver as well.

After a few seconds, the female releases her eggs and the male fertilizes them.

But the researchers found that sometimes the female fakes it and doesn’t release her eggs when the male releases his sperm.

Somewhere, Richard Brautigan is smiling…

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