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Its first appearance in American print resulted from an 1846 Missouri court case in which a man stood accused of copulating with a horse.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Advertisement All of the male apes at the sanctuary receive vasectomies, but that does not preclude them from copulating.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Paired with the orchid’s unique color and shape, these adaptations lure male wasps from afar and inspire them to try to copulate with the flower, covering the wasps with pollen in the process.
—Liz Lindqwister, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024
Now, for the first time ever, citizen scientists have photographed two humpback whales copulating.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Advertisement All of the male apes at the sanctuary receive vasectomies, but that does not preclude them from copulating.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Paired with the orchid’s unique color and shape, these adaptations lure male wasps from afar and inspire them to try to copulate with the flower, covering the wasps with pollen in the process.
—Liz Lindqwister, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024
Now, for the first time ever, citizen scientists have photographed two humpback whales copulating.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
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Because mite-resistant flies did not sleep, their oxygen consumption and activity also increased during the night to levels no different from those of control group flies during the day.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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Dina Tomczak, the school’s athletic director, tottered into her office having barely slept.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulate. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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