The men of both species, discovered five years ago, will ferociously copulate with as many females as possible in violent sessions that can last upwards of 14 hours. And such long lovemaking damages the bodies of the black-tailed dusky antechinus and the silver-headed antechinus. The orgy-like behaviour is killing off so many of the rodent-like creatures they have officially been placed on Australia's Endangered list. "We can now turn the country's attention to the important job of saving these threatened species. Sometimes he can hang on for 14 hours mating ­continuously.”After this antechinus orgy, the males die, reports The Australian .

Source: Daily Mirror May 12, 2018 07:19 UTC