|
!!Warning!!! It contain a lots of copulation pictures |
|||
THE FOSSA IS SHY,
NOCTURNAL, AND
CREPUSCULAR, THOUGH IT WILL OCCASIONALLY MOVE ABOUT DURING THE
DAY
IT IS A SOLITARY ANIMAL EXCEPT DURING THE MATING SEASON NEEDING
APPROXIMATELY
ONE SQUARE KILOMETER OF TERRITORY BOTH SEXE MARK THEIR TERRITORY
WITH SCENT GLANDS AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IS NOT COMMON, EXCEPT
DURING
THE MATING SEASON EXAMPLES INCLUDE THREATERING CALLS AND POSTURES,
WHICH
LEAD TO FIGHTS WHERE EACH CONTESTANT TRIES TO BITE THE OTHER
COPULATION
CAN OCCUR ON THE GROUND OR ON A HORIZONTAL BRANCH TO SIGNIFY HER
READINESS
TO MATE, THE FEMALE LIFTS HER HINDQUARTERS AND TURNS HER EXTERNAL
GENITALIA
INSIDE OUT ABOUT TWO TO THREE CENTIMETERS THE MALE THEN MOUNTS
HER
AND BITES THE BACK OF HER NECK LIKE THE CATS AND THE BIG CATS THE
PERIOD OF COPULATION LASTS UP TO 165 MINUTES.  2 FOSSAS MATING ON A TREE  2 FOSSAS MATING ON A TREE  AND AGAIN 2 FOSSAS MATING ON A TREE :D EVERY YEARS THE FOSSA MATE IN THESE BAOBAB TREES.  FOSSA'S SCRATCH ON A BAOBAB TREE  MALE IN SEARCH FOR A FEMALE  MALE (right) MEET A FEMALE (left)  THEN COPULATION BEGINS  FEMALE WILL GET MATED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT MALES       WHEN MATING END THE MALE LEAVE THE FEMALE AN OTHER MALE WILL MATE HER, THIS WILL LAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS...
|
