The Museum of Sex Gets a Zoo-like Exhibit

Yesterday the Museum of Sex, already known for risqué, raunchy exhibits, took it to the next level by displaying animal sex.

At the Museum of Sex, there is no end to the new things you can learn about coitus. A past exhibit, “Peeping, Probing & Porn- Four Centuries of Graphic Sex in Japan,” opened eyes to the sexual culture of a still unknown archipelago. The new exhibit, “The Sex Lives of Animals,” is a refreshing look at the mating habits of wild animals that are as closely related to humans as a gorilla, and as far as a banana slug.

Oddly, the Museum has a commitment to human sexuality. The mission statement on the website states:

The mission of the Museum of Sex is to preserve and present the history, evolution, and cultural significance of human sexuality. In its exhibitions, programs and publications, The Museum of Sex is committed to open discourse and exchange, and to bringing to the public the best in current scholarship.

Besides the exhibit being uncommonly un-human, there is a significance of sexual acts between animals that are dubbed “natural” and the sex acts deemed “unnatural” to Homo sapiens. In addition to tasty little tidbits about animal physiology, the exhibit includes life-size sculptures of animals in the act.

I’m sure The Bloodhound Gang, the band that made the song “Bad Touch” likening randy sex with a girl to animals on the Discovery Channel, will be proud they made a song about something relevant enough to curate.