Has anyone done research on this vitally important topic? Do animals need to learn how to do it or do they pick it up instinctively?
I wish to assure my readers that I have a perfectly scientific interest in this topic. It appears that human animals need to be taught. We hear stories of conservatively brought up young men and women entering adulthood perfectly ignorant of the granular details of the sex act, often with embarrassing consequences. These stories led me to the question I have posed. Mammals other than humans without the benefit of our cognitive capacity or our capacity for language and communication seem to manage just fine. Then why is it that only humans have this problem?