Absurd Creature of the Week: This Marsupial Has Marathon Sex Until It Goes Blind and Drops Dead

In the forests of Australia, every year just before spring there erupts a sexual frenzy quite unlike any other on Earth. It’s bigger than an ultra-romantic Neil Diamond concert, bigger even than spring break in Cancun. Here a tiny hyperactive marsupial called antechinus sprints around mating almost non-stop for an exhausting three weeks, with single romps lasting as long as 14 straight hours.

















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