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>I think it's important to note that the lizard/reptilian brain doesn't really process 'pleasure' like mammals do. they literally lack the mental capacity to consciously think beyond the very basics of 'am I safe, am I fertile, am I hungry, am I warm/comfortable?'
I see where you are coming from with that. But personally, I don't think I believe in that. I think reptiles are capable of far more complex reasoning than we give them credit for. I think the only reason this is still accepted as fact simply comes from a lack of research interest in those questions.
I remember growing up, when it was still held as truth that "only humans make and use tools", "only humans can laugh", "only humans have a sense of self", "only humans can get pleasure from sex", only for it to be discovered later that none of these facts were true, and that they were only assumptions born from a misplaced sense of human exceptionalism. Now we are discovering more and more how unexceptional we are, and how similar animals are to us.
We are also realizing how animals that we thought were like machines only driven by instinct turn out to be far more intelligent than we thought. We simply had not tried to look for intelligence in the right way. Even now we are starting to realize that gators are surprisingly intelligent. We simply didn't know it because they just don't care to participate in our experiments. As another example, it was widely accepted among professional herpetologists, biologists and other specialists that lizards were too dumb to be trained for anything. Then recently I have been seeing more and more examples of people who taught some complex behaviors to reptiles, far beyond what "science" said was possible. Another striking example of that is when just a few months ago, a scientist just "discovered" that snakes have a clitoris too. It was not known until now, because no one had even bothered to check so they just assumed that they didn't. To me this is just more evidence of how much we still have to discover about reptiles and animal sexuality.
I think reptiles are far more intelligent than we give them credit for. And even more, I think that reptiles, like most other animals are also capable not only to enjoy sex but also understand that it is something they can enjoy with humans. This is of course only my personal hypothesis, but history has shown that we are far more alike to other animals than we think, and that science only keeps catching up to that fact. I think we will eventually "discover" in the not so distant future that reptiles can enjoy sex the same way dogs and humans do, but we just need to experiment before we realize it.
>I get a lot of flack for my views on zoophilia, especially on beast boards. mostly people just wanna fuck their dogs without care or what-have-you and don't think beyond their dicks.
I think this is true. There is a real issue with people not caring for their partner's well-being during sex, but I don't think this is even unique to zoophiles.
I also think the comparison between anal sex with dogs, and cloacal sex with reptiles is not inadequate. However, I do disagree with the general notion that dogs can't actually enjoy it beyond making their human partner happy. They may have no evolutionary reason to enjoy anal sex, but neither do we. And yet, humans enjoy anal sex, so why not dogs? Once again I think humans and animals are far more alike than not. And while dogs may not be horny or imaginative enough to try anal sex on their own, I think this is one of the rare cases where humans are different. Unlike other animals, human are actively looking for new ways to have sex. But if other animals shared this trait, I have no doubt they would be just as degenerate as us.
In short, my conjecture is the following: I believe that reptiles, just like any other complex animal, are fully capable of experiencing pleasure during sex, including with humans. And while I recognize that there is not much evidence to support it, I also believe there is not much evidence against it either. In fact, I believe that recent discoveries in research about animal sexuality and herpetology show a trend in my favor, and that given enough time and research, I will be proven right.
P.S. I know zoos can be assholes so I hope that this post does not come as aggressive in any way. Even if I disagree with some of it, I respect your opinion and I admire that unlike many other zoos you are at least consistent with your ethics.