Post-copulatory Groom
Overview and Meaning
Post-copulatory grooming is a maintenance behavior motivated by the sexual behaviors that occur prior to the act. Post-copulatory grooming occurs at the end of the sexual behaviors sequence.
Description
After a male has completed copulation through ejaculation, he will cease to mount his mate. He will then perform a post-copulatory groom, the cleaning of his penis.
Post-copulatory grooming can be distinguished from other grooming behaviors by focus only on the genital area and the proceeding sexual behaviors.
Classification
Contexts
Reproduction
Variants
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