This thread is now about Furries, for some reason. Formerly: "So. Anonymous."

[BADGE OF HONOR]

well, you do look like a hamster.   

[Cramulus]

and you do have a furry handlebar

[Golden Applesauce]

Personally I'm not convinced that there's harm being perpetrated [by zoophiles having sex with animals], but its a hard sell.

What evidence would be necessary to demonstrate that harm has been perpetrated?

What species are compatible with humans that you know of?

If so, what are the behavioral cues to indicate willingness? How about unwillingness?

I didn't address this because personally I think anyone who has sex with an animal is just disgusting.  It is a kind of abuse.  There is no animal on this planet that has the mental capacity or verbal ability to come up to a human being and say "fuck me".  There are reasons why some of the old laws about single men owning certain farm animals are still on the books.....

I have a hard time imagining that bestiality is any worse than what goes on in meat processing plants.

[Cain]

In their 2007 survey, Gerbasi et al examined what it meant to be a furry, and in doing so proposed a topology in which to categorise different "types" of furries. The largest group, at 38% of those surveyed, they described as being interested in furry fandom predominately as a "route to socializing with others who share common interests such as anthropomorphic art and costumes."[10] However they also identified furries who saw themselves as "other than human", and/or who desired to become more like the furry species which they identified with.[10] This distinction can be viewed in light of the findings of the larger Furry Survey, according to which a majority of furries consider themselves to be predominantly human, while about 6% do not consider themselves human at all.[11]

Differing approaches to sexuality have been a source of controversy and conflict in furry fandom.[citation needed] Examples of sexual aspects within furry fandom include erotic art and furry-themed cybersex.[43][44] The term "yiff" is most commonly used to indicate sexual activity or sexual material within the fandom—this applies to sexual activity and interaction within the subculture whether online (in the form of cybersex) or offline.[45][46] Many members of the furry community feel that the overly sexual component gives the rest of them a bad name, and may use the derogatory term "furvert" to describe such people. (See the following section for more details.)

The majority of furries report a non-judgmental attitude towards certain aspects of sexuality and a high tolerance for variety in sexual orientation and activity. 19-25% of the fandom members report homosexuality, 37-48% bisexuality, and 3-8% other forms of alternative sexual relationships. About 2% state an interest in zoophilia, and less than 1% an interest in plushophilia.[47][26] About half of the furry fans are estimated to be in a relationship, with 76% of those having a relationship with another furry.[47

2%...

The Kinsey reports claim that 40–60% of rural teenagers (living on or near livestock farms) had sexual experience with an animal at some point in their lives, but some later writers consider these uncertain.[5] Anecdotally, Nancy Friday's 1973 book on female sexuality My Secret Garden comprised around 190 women's contributions; of these, some 8% volunteered a serious interest or active participation in zoosexual activity.[6]

In one study, psychiatric patients were found to have a statistically significant higher prevalence rate (55%) of reported bestiality (both actual sexual contacts — 45% — and sexual fantasy — 30%) than the control groups of medical in-patients (10%) and psychiatric staff (15%).[7] 5.3% of the men surveyed by Crépault and Couture (1980) reported sometimes fantasizing about having sexual activity with an animal during heterosexual intercourse.[8] 7.5% of 186 university students questioned in a 1982 study said they had sexually touched or had sexual intercourse with an animal.

I wonder if that counts a dog trying to hump your leg....

The common concept of animals as heterosexual and only interested in their own species, is seen as scientifically inaccurate by researchers into animal behavior. Animals are, in the main, considered as sexual opportunists by science, rather than sexually naïve. Ethologists such as Desmond Morris who study animal behavior, as well as formal studies, have consistently documented significant masturbation and homosexuality in a wide range of animals, apparently freely chosen or in the presence of the opposite gender, as well as homosexual animal couples, homosexual raising of young, and cross-species sexual advances. Haeberle (1978) states that sexual intercourse is "not so very unusual" between animals of different species as it is between humans and animals, a view with which Kinsey (1948, 1953) concurs.[43] Peter Singer reports of one such incident witnessed by Biruté Galdikas (a notable ethologist considered by many the world's foremost authority on primates):

    While walking through the camp with Galdikas, my informant was suddenly seized by a large male orangutan, his intentions made obvious by his erect penis. Fighting off so powerful an animal was not an option, but Galdikas called to her companion not to be concerned, because the orangutan would not harm her, and adding, as further reassurance, that "they have a very small penis." As it happened, the orangutan lost interest before penetration took place, but the aspect of the story that struck me most forcefully was that in the eyes of someone who has lived much of her life with orangutans, to be seen by one of them as an object of sexual interest is not a cause for shock or horror. The potential violence of the orangutan's come-on may have been disturbing, but the fact that it was an orangutan making the advances was not.

Wikipedia has a well known Furry cabal (sometimes referred to as the Furluminati) who control and edit such entries as to present a favourable vision of themselves to the world.

But no seriously, I'm pretty sure the sysop on the furry related articles is a furry themself.

[Elder Iptuous]

well, you do look like a hamster.   

and you do have a furry handlebar

Ah, well. OK.
It's not the name, though, is the important bit. 

[East Coast Hustle]

Nope. Dead serious.

Perhaps you can explain to me the difference.

One is strongly associated with animal abuse, the other doesn't abuse anyone.

Fucktard.

Would you let a furry teach your children?

Would you let a furry fuck your dog?

 Would you let a faggot fuck your child?  Because you know, all furries fuck animals, and all faggots fuck children.

 It's a widely believed fact!

 PS: You are full of shit.

I just want to add my two cents here:

you seem to be a completely worthless shitpile who enjoys the company of horsefuckers.

please die in a fire, you sick sick fuck.

[BADGE OF HONOR]

Nope. Dead serious.

Perhaps you can explain to me the difference.

One is strongly associated with animal abuse, the other doesn't abuse anyone.

Fucktard.

Would you let a furry teach your children?

Would you let a furry fuck your dog?

 Would you let a faggot fuck your child?  Because you know, all furries fuck animals, and all faggots fuck children.

 It's a widely believed fact!

 PS: You are full of shit.

I just want to add my two cents here:

you seem to be a completely worthless shitpile who enjoys the company of horsefuckers.

please die in a fire, you sick sick fuck.

TITCM

[East Coast Hustle]

Fursecution ITT.

NEVER AGAIN THE FUR-NING TIMES!

[BADGE OF HONOR]

Fursecution ITT.

NEVER AGAIN THE FUR-NING TIMES!

 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Nope. Dead serious.

Perhaps you can explain to me the difference.

One is strongly associated with animal abuse, the other doesn't abuse anyone.

Fucktard.

Would you let a furry teach your children?

Would you let a furry fuck your dog?

 Would you let a faggot fuck your child?  Because you know, all furries fuck animals, and all faggots fuck children.

 It's a widely believed fact!

 PS: You are full of shit.

One word:  "Babyfur".

Furries are the arse end of kink.  If that arse had a case of crabs.  And polyps the size of apples.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

Nope. Dead serious.

Perhaps you can explain to me the difference.

One is strongly associated with animal abuse, the other doesn't abuse anyone.

Fucktard.

Would you let a furry teach your children?

Would you let a furry fuck your dog?

 Would you let a faggot fuck your child?  Because you know, all furries fuck animals, and all faggots fuck children.

 It's a widely believed fact!

 PS: You are full of shit.

One word:  "Babyfur".

Furries are the arse end of kink.  If that arse had a case of crabs.  And polyps the size of apples. Covered in herpes sores. Herpes sores that spray AIDS everywhere. Not normal AIDS, airborne AIDS featuring leprosy.

Fixed!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Fursecution ITT.

NEVER AGAIN THE FUR-NING TIMES!

 

[P3nT4gR4m]

Not normal AIDS, airborne AIDS featuring leprosy.

If this disease doesn't exist then it fucking well ought to 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not normal AIDS, airborne AIDS featuring leprosy.

If this disease doesn't exist then it fucking well ought to 

It makes me think of "Snow Patrol Featuring Martha Wainwright" for some reason.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Personally I'm not convinced that there's harm being perpetrated [by zoophiles having sex with animals], but its a hard sell.

What evidence would be necessary to demonstrate that harm has been perpetrated?

What species are compatible with humans that you know of?

If so, what are the behavioral cues to indicate willingness? How about unwillingness?

I didn't address this because personally I think anyone who has sex with an animal is just disgusting.  It is a kind of abuse.  There is no animal on this planet that has the mental capacity or verbal ability to come up to a human being and say "fuck me".  There are reasons why some of the old laws about single men owning certain farm animals are still on the books.....

Where did you get your degree in ethology?

Snarkiness is but the first sign..... 

Sorry Dr. Doolittle!