Dead Black-Footed Ferrets Father Babies

The Daily Squeeze: Black-Footed Ferrets, Sex Ed Videos, Sports Fans, And Yigal Azroul Condoms

Posted by: Catherine Strawn Filed in: news
8:30AM, Wednesday September 3rd 2008

Two black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo gave birth to “kits” (baby ferrets). The really interesting part of this story is that the kits fathers are both dead—one died in 1999 and the other in 2000. Since the species is endangered, the female ferrets were artificially inseminated with frozen semen from the dead males. [LiveScience]

Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette in Portland, OR, launched a site of sex ed videos called Take Care Down There in April. One of the segments is titled, “Horse Penis Virus.” [ABC News]

Twenty-five percent of sports fans surveyed by the website AreYouRomantic.com said they would give up sex for a month if their favorite sports team was guaranteed a major win. [Sify]

Thandie Newton refused to film a sex scene with Gerard Butler because he was so sick she didn’t want to kiss him. [Stuff.co.za]

Yet another fashion designer has entered the condom market. Yigal Azrouel designed the wrappers for Proper Attire condoms, with the proceeds benefitting Planned Parenthood. [NYMag.com]

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