Author: Sailbad
Title: Lab 18
Part: 1 of 1
Summary: They have cloned a dinosaur from fossil DNA but so far only a
male and they have no way of studying his mating behavior without a
suitable surrogate. Sexual congress defined in dry scientific terms.
Keywords: beast, cons, voy
Memo:
Subject: Lab 18 progress report (Confidential)
To: Directory Committee
From: Dr. Tillinghast
As you all know, The Miskatonic Institute of Genetic Engineering has had
a smashing success in creating a saurian duplicate from fossil DNA. The
particular species is Thescelosaurus, a warm-blooded, plant-eating
dinosaur that lived in forests during the late Cretaceous period, about
77 to 65 million years ago. To refresh your memories, Thescelosaurus
had a small head, a bulky body, a long, pointed tail, and short arms. It
was a hypsilophodontid and an ornithischian dinosaur about 10 to 13 feet
(3-4 m) long and 3 feet (0.9 m) tall at the hips; it weighed roughly 665
pounds (300 kg). This ornithopod had a small skull, cheek pouches, cheek
teeth, and a beak made of horn.
This breakthrough has yielded a treasure trove of information about the
age of dinosaurs and is a milestone in the annals of science.
Biologically we have gleaned volumes of fascinating details and made
monumental discoveries. However, the study of behavioral aspects this
creature is in its infancy. To address this gap in our knowledge, my
research team (Lab 18) had been assigned to study this specimen’s
behavior, in particular its mating behavior. The genetics of sexual
determination had not been worked out at that point in time and only
males had been produced, which placed us at a great disadvantage.
With no other recourse, we sought a sexual surrogate to coax the male
into a breeding display. It had been supposed that the seasonal
development of intense coloration was a sign of sexual maturity and was
used in display to females. The animal's compulsive mounting behavior
was also an indication of his readiness for mating. However, the mere
whiff of the dinosaur's scent sent our mammal breeding surrogates into a
wild panic and no suitable mounting partner could be found to allow
investigation of his copulatory behavior.
One of the undergraduate interns, a sophomore woman, had experienced the
dinosaur's many attempts to mount and was not particularly offended by
his intentions. It was eventually delicately proposed by the Senior
Researcher that she allow the animal to attempt to complete his act. To
some people's surprise the idea was not only accepted but she seemed
genuinely interested in trying and not in an entirely scientific mind
set.
It had been noted that the herbivorous dinosaur, although no rocket
scientist, was careful about clawing anyone so there was no great
concern about her being injured that way. So, the experiment proceeded
on the very next day.
She stripped naked and presented herself to the male on her hands and
knees. There was no doubt in the animal's mind as to her intentions.
However, although he mounted her fairly gently, it took some time for
him to adjust his instinctive method of mounting to the rather different
anatomical arrangement of the human female. It was mostly the lack of a
sizable tail that threw off his technique.
The creature made several attempts of treating her leg like a tail that
he could lift while bringing his tail under and thrusting his sex organs
under her hip. His sexual organs emerged accordingly but finding no
aperture for copulation, his penile protrusion only rubbed aimlessly
against her stomach. Finally, he re-adapted his approach and came from
behind. After the initial difficulties, things went fairly smoothly.
She had been shaved in case the pubic hair might put him off, as it was
extremely unlikely that female dinosaurs had any hair. His organ was
about seven centimeters thick and extended about 45 centimeters from his
cloaca. Its tip slipped against and then in between the woman's labia
slightly inserted into her vaginal orifice. Sensing that he had the
right opening for copulation he slowly thrust himself into her vagina.
The animal's sex organs were sizable but were initially fairly soft.
Startled by his size and unusual texture, the woman gasped on
penetration but did not experience any great pain. The dinosaur was
warm blooded, as had been theorized, but had a body temperature more
like a bird than a mammal, at a hot 107 degrees F. (42 C) making the
insertion slightly uncomfortable until she became used to it. However,
he proved to be well lubricated so there was little discomfort from
friction.
As if surprised by his success the animal paused after the initial
insertion. Then with slow patient thrusts he began to copulate with the
young student. The human vagina apparently suited his natural
requirements quite well. After lodging his sex-organs securely in his
surrogate mate, he encircled her hips with his hind legs while grasping
her shoulders with his front claws. Since his penile appendage seemed
to have a life of its own and thrust itself in and about her vagina
completely of its own accord, we theorized that his embrace was to
prevent disengagement more than an aid to his copulatory motions.
This theory was strengthened by the endurance of their coitus. From the
time of insertion until he withdrew, the mating took a total of 26
minutes. The embrace must therefore be a mechanism to secure him to his
mate while allowing her to feed. As mentioned earlier, with the
exception of his penile organ, he remained completely motionless for the
duration.
Once settled into this position, we were able to approach the couple and
observe his yet unseen sexual organs in use. Its suppleness and
dexterity were quite amazing. The organ must be considerably sensitive
especially near the tip for as he mounted our volunteer, it actually
groped its way around her exposed posterior and crotch until it found
her sexual opening. The tip altered its shape from a blunt instrument
into a delicate point and excreted a kind of pre-coital fluid to aid
insertion. Once it had gained entry, it snaked (please excuse the pun)
its way inside to immerse as much of itself as her vagina would allow in
a surge and probe assault as though searching for deeper recesses.
What remained of his penile appendage not inserted in the surrogate we
observed a ruddy, scaled surface that throbbed from beneath in the same
rhythm as his pulse. At that point, what the organ was doing inside her
vagina we could only guess. Insemination began shortly after he had
implanted his sex organ securely and comfortably within her vagina. As
the deposit of his semen progressed, we were to observe an abundant
overflow of his ejaculate seeping out of the surrogate’s vagina and on
to the floor.
We of course collected a sample and found that this seminal fluid was
exceptionally thick and viscose with a high concentration of sperm but
low motility. The slow injection of his semen continued for quite some
time resulting in copious quantities of his issue spilling on the floor
by the time it stopped. When his insemination finally did cease, he
maintained coital contact for some 10 more minutes to, we believe, help
insure conception.
Later gynecological examination of the surrogate revealed no damage or
irritation to vaginal tissue, perhaps somewhat less than in typical
human relations. The most significant find was that seminal fluid had
congealed into an impenetrable plug within our volunteer’s cervix. This
plug was obviously a natural barricade to block insemination from rival
males. The plug dissipated over the course of 36 hours, which we
believe may shed some light on the estrus period for the female of the
species.
In spite of such natural impediments, the male stayed close by his mate
and was quick to take advantage of our surrogate’s prone, acquiescent
position to accomplish two successive mounts. Each of these were less
thorough than the first and were most likely an added precautionary
measure or perhaps an action designed to keep the female preoccupied and
inaccessible to other suitors.
During his last foray into our volunteer’s charms, an overly zealous
thrust of his hips caused the saurian’s member to dislodge from its
anchorage, slip out from between her legs and slide up over her
posterior. This gave us an excellent opportunity for us to witness this
organ in use. We did not approach for fear of alarming him but rather
we zoomed in with our cameras to examine his sex organ in detail. His
expulsion occurred during his seminal emission phase and provided us
with a wealth of data.
As evidenced by the video tape, the penile appendage emerged from the
male’s lower cloaca as a broad, flat, pinkish colored protrusion of
about 20 cm wide and 4 cm thick. The shape abruptly tapers to a roughly
cylindrical instrument of about 7-cm in diameter. The tip was
completely transformed from what we observed when he penetrated her.
The end-most 8-cm had swollen from its original taper to a bloated,
furrowed head of about 6 cm in diameter with a deep red hue. The very
end was an inwardly concave, cup with the seminal aperture in the
center. The entire head writhed and undulated as if groping for
recessive purchase. The indented end pumped inward and outward like a
suction cup. As it struggled in the open-air copious amounts of thick
semen oozed out lugubriously from the center. The remaining portion of
the cylindrical shaft between the head and the cloaca was firm and
rigid. A musculature array beneath the skin’s surface rippled up and
down the shaft in the same rhythm as the seminal ejection, obviously to
propel the ejaculate.
He remained immobile perhaps overcome by sensory arousal. Bent over our
assistant’s prone body, the saurian stood with his organ extended
outward, apparently oblivious to his interrupted coupling. To prolong
the saurian’s execution for our observation, we prompted the surrogate
to face him and digitally stimulate his organ to simulate coitus. She
obliged and grasping the shaft with one hand she cupped the other over
its head altering her grip in response to its undulations. She knelt
before the beast holding his extended organ, gently pumping one hand up
and down his shaft while the other hand slowly squeezed the swollen
head. She worked him expertly and we witnessed large amounts of his
thick emission running down her arms and onto the floor. This was an
enormous boon to the experiment providing answers to questions we had
not even formulated at the time. The creature remained still and
apparently oblivious to his displacement but obviously deeply effected
by her stimulation. Our volunteer was able to manipulate him to
completion at which time we watched the emissions cease, the head
contract and the entire organ retract into his body.
Our intern later described how the mating felt. As transcribed:
"I agreed to do this but when it came time to actually do it I was kind
of scared. He has always been a gentle creature but you really didn't
know how he was going to behave when he actually got a chance to mate.
His brain is pretty small and he still runs pretty much by instinct, so
I was thinking that it wasn't likely going to work at all. Although I
was hesitant, I was curious to see what it would be like, so I was
hoping not to be disappointed.
"He mounted me fairly slowly and although his skin has scales they are
smooth so that it wasn't uncomfortable. His skin felt feverishly hot to
me but that was to be expected. However, he was very clumsy at first
and it was obvious that my anatomy was not well adapted to the saurian's
normal copulatory posture. I kept trying to move forward and turn away
from him so his sex organs would be in a better position relative to
mine. He would just move to my side and lift my left leg trying to
slide the base of his tail under me but that brought his sex organ
probing against my stomach. I soon thought it was going to be a failure
but he finally started varying his approach and soon got it right.
"I was holding my breath when he got the tip of his organ slightly into
my vagina. I didn't know what to expect but he proved to be a natural
at this. He was really hot with his high body temperature to the point
of being uncomfortable. Furthermore, I wasn't sure I could handle him
when I saw the size of his organ but at least it wasn't like an
ostrich's, that would have been impossible.
"I was surprised when he slowly thrust it into me. It was slippery and
hot, and though fairly large it was spongy, I would liken it to a smooth
sponge on a stick. He paused at that point and I think we were both
surprised by our sudden success. Then he started to copulate with me.
"At first he was spongy, as I described, but he began to firm up as he
thrust himself into my vagina repeatedly. After a while, I was getting
used to the heat of his organ but I could feel myself being stretched
around his shaft. The penis would make a long slow thrust into me and
then almost completely withdraw followed by another thrust. Each thrust
was punctuated by an undulation that went up the entire length of the
penis followed by a kind of writhing at the tip. I don't know if it was
to perform a copulatory function keyed to some physical trait of the
female of the species or if the organ was merely looking for a way to
lodge itself deeper in me. I could feel the power behind each insertion
and realized just how strong he was physically; he could have seriously
hurt me if he wanted to. Eventually, the tip kind of molded itself to
the shape of my cervix something like a suction cup. It felt a lot like
my diaphragm. After it assumed that shape was about the time I could
feel him start his ejaculation. I believe he was actually trying to
ensure the injection of his sperm into my uterus because I could feel
the tip perform a type of push and pull action against my cervix like a
piston. Regardless, the sensation was thrilling, in fact invigorating.
"I don't know how to describe how his organ felt. It wasn't like a rod
but rather like a living thing all its own. It was literally throbbing
with his heartbeat. Moreover, it was actually squirming and twitching
all through coition. Also, the flesh on it was well lubricated but it
really wasn't smooth after he began to mate with me.
"Its texture changed as it hardened. It was like there was a layer of
marbles under a soft outer sheath of skin. I could feel each one as it
entered me and slipped passed the sensitive flesh that rings my vaginal
opening and again as it slipped out. It wasn't unpleasant at all,
however, in fact, it felt wonderful.
"Then there was how long it took. I was on my hands and knees for over
an hour and a half and the floor wasn't all that soft in the long run.
At least he carried almost all of his weight on his back legs and only
placed his front paws on my shoulders to balance himself.
"Admittedly, I have really enjoyed the many sessions in the lab since
then. And in answer to your question, I will have to admit that I found
the encounter physically and mentally stimulating, but as for whether or
not I attained climax I prefer to reserve exposition as a personal
matter. Furthermore, I don't mind having fellow researchers watching my
sexual encounter with a non-human creature, staring at my genitals to
observe his insertion into me, or how he copulates with me but certain
aspects of interpersonal relations, even when it is experimental inter-
species relations, should remain private… just as long as I get to be
taken by him… In the name of science, of course."
I would point out that this is confidential report. We would dread to
see what a tabloid would do with it. We are hoping to continue this
investigation although we do now have females for research into the
natural reproductive behavior of this particular saurian. However, the
male in this discussion has been thoroughly imprinted on humans and only
seeks to copulate with this particular lab technician and she seems more
than willing to permit him. He attempts to mount her whenever in her
presence, his penis reaches for her legs whenever she is near and,
though we pretend not to notice, we have found many patches of his
seminal residue on the lab floor when we arrive in the morning. We have
since learned that the species mates for life and are exclusively
faithful to their mates. When the investigation into this inter-species
relationship has been completed, we hope to release him into her care.
Oh, to be young again.
We hope to recoup our costs from the sale of specimens to other
researchers when numbers are sufficient. In addition when enough
saurians exist that any tapes of these various copulatory sessions can
no longer be traced to us specifically we hope to profit handsomely from
their sale to black market sources (feasibility report to follow). Of
course, we will digitally alter them so as not to embarrass a valiant
researcher who sacrificed nobly for the sake of science.
Respectfully yours,
Dr. Crawford Tillinghast
by Sailbad@storiesonline.org