2 min read- A male duck in the UK named Dave developed sepsis after overusing his penis, leading vets to amputate it.
- Dave's owner reports that the duck would mate with his female companions between five and ten times a day — regardless of whether or not it was mating season.
- His female partners got so sick of it that they'd wander off during sex and even peck at his peen to ward off his advances.
- Dave's penis became gangrenous, didn't respond to antibiotics, prolapsed, and became septic, aka life-threatening.
- Vets amputated his penis, but he's still so insatiable that his owner has now separated him from his female friends.
Today in Horny Animals, a male duck named Dave in the UK needed to have his penis surgically removed after having so much sex left it gangrenous and, therefore, life-threatening. According to the Dave's owner, Josh Watson, Dave had been mating with his female friends—ducks named Dora, Edith, and Freda—"between five and ten times a day."
Understandably sick of Dave's constant horniness, Dora, Edith, and Freda would wander off during sex, and even started to "peck" at Dave's penis to ward him off. Ultimately, the duck's penis became so infected, it failed to respond to antibiotics and eventually developed sepsis, which can be life-threatening.
"The end of his penis had basically died and it was pretty horrific," Watson said.
So, vets stepped in and amputated Dave the Sex-Crazed Duck's dick, leaving only a one-centimeter size "stump" behind. He can still urinate (thankfully, as a duck's penis is only used for sex), and while Watson suggests Dave is understandably upset about losing his junk, get this: It hasn't stopped the little dude from trying to get it on.
In an effort to both help Dave's recovery and y'know, calm him down, Watson has recently separated Dave from his female companions. No word yet on how Dora, Edith, and Freda are holding up, but here's hoping a dickless Dave is more fun to have around—for every duck involved—in the long run. Feel better, Dave!
Carina Hsieh, MPH, is the deputy features editor of Women’s Health. She has more than a decade’s worth of experience working in media and has covered everything from beauty, fashion, travel, lifestyle, pets, to health.
She began her career as an intern in the fashion closet at Cosmopolitan where she worked her way up to Senior Sex & Relationships Editor. While covering women’s health there, she discovered her passion for health service journalism and took a break to get her Masters in Public Health. Post-grad school, she worked as a freelance writer and as The Daily Beast’s first Beauty, Health, and Wellness Reporter.
Carina is an alum of the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Yale School of Public Health. She and her French Bulldog, Bao Bao, split their time between Brooklyn and Connecticut. She enjoys reformer Pilates, (slow) running, and smelling the fancy toiletries in boutique fitness class locker rooms.
