"72% of the stallions reacted with sexual arousal (mounting) to one of 3 successive simulated sexual stimuli; 25% to a dummy, an additional 44% to a gentle stallion and another 3% to a dummy smeared with mucus and urine from a mare in oestrus."

Discover how stallions demonstrate sexual arousal with simulated sexual stimuli, revealing their complex behavioral responses.
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"72% of the stallions reacted with sexual arousal (mounting) to one of 3 successive simulated sexual stimuli; 25% to a dummy, an additional 44% to a gentle stallion and another 3% to a dummy smeared with mucus and urine from a mare in oestrus."

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