## True erotic art vs. cum shots; or: RFD: rec.arts.erotica.zoophilia

Posted July 12, 1995

Don't bother looking for r.a.e.z.: I'm only kidding. Sort of....

Like most of you, I visit abpeb from time to time, and like most of you, I've come to the conclusion it's mostly crap. It's not zoo art, it's beastie art, with no thought to composition or emotion. It's just hole-seeking. In fact, the only truly aesthetically pleasing erotic zoo pix I've seen so far have been the furry kind. With art, you get a chance to draw facial expressions and backgrounds, so it isn't just a closeup of a dog spewing cum on a woman's face.

Now I'm not saying the latter isn't arousing. It just isn't..._erotic_, IMHO. It's titillation, like Oliver Stone, not inspiration, like Merchant & Ivory. What I'd like to see on abpeb--what I'd consider truly erotic--would be things like this:

1. A full-length nude, whose genitals need not be visible, resting in tall grass, nestled spoons-style around a dog. One hand is cradling the dog's cheek; the other, its genitals. Their faces are bent toward each other, nearly kissing. No sexual activity needs to take place: it can all be implied. The background would be uncluttered and the full bodies of both partners would be visible, with some breathing room.

2. A picture of a human gently washing a stallion's penis, masturbating it in the process. The lighting and angle allow the viewer to clearly see the testicles, the swollen glans with its urethral opening, and the erect shaft, which rests in a soapy washcloth held in the human's hand. The other hand is slowly rubbing the base of the penis, to simulate the motion of the mare's clitoris. The human has a pleased (expectant?) expression, and the stallion has swung his head back to observe the action, almost resting his chin on the human's shoulder (showing also that it isn't tied down and is thus free to resist). The horse's eyes are alert and its nostrils are flared, but its mouth is closed and its ears are foward, showing its acceptance of what's happening. The background would be simple, appropriate, and uncluttered. The stallion could be coming, and its tail flagging as the semen emerges, but this would be optional: it would be plenty erotic (perhaps even more so) without it. After all, much--if not most--of the fun of sex is in the anticipation and preparation, not in the event itself.

3. Similarly, a human giving a stallion fellatio or a mare cunnilingus, with the facial expressions and/or attitudes of both partners clearly visible. In the case of the stallion, he could be bending around to nibble at the human's back or neck. In the case of the mare, her tail is raised high, her back is arched: she's squatting, winking her clitoris under his tongue, and perhaps peeing a little, showing she's in strong heat. She is looking either intently forward, or intently back at him; in either case her ears should be aimed where she's looking. Neither animal should be tied to the wall: both should be free to move away: the arousal is in the fact that they don't....

4. A woman resting on her hands and knees at the beach, with the waves slowly rolling in (perhaps to cover her legs). Her clothes are nearby, in a neat pile; atop her is a dog of appropriate size (i.e., his hind feet are touching the ground and his belly rests comfortably against her back). His forelegs are clamped tightly around her waist, and his tail is arched high over his back. His facial expression is clearly visible: he is very alert, with open eyes and forward-pointing ears. His mouth is only slightly open or not at all: he shouldn't be drooling (amateurs!), though he may be gently licking her neck or back. If the angle is slightly from the front, the dog's testicles may be visible hanging down between her legs, but anything more than that would be superfluous. The woman's head is arched back a little, her eyes are closed or nearly so, and her mouth is slightly open, indicating her enjoyment. If the waves are not covering her feet, her toes should be curling, leaving shallow grooves in the sand. There are no spectators: they are alone in their pleasure.

5. A full-body picture of a stallion (or any male mammal) testing a female for estrus. She is responding positively (for a mare: squatting, winking, maybe peeing a little) and he is very erect. She looks back at him as if to say, "Quit licking and get on with it!" A closeup of the stud's tongue or lips caressing the vulva as she winks her clitoris at him (where appropriate) would be nice also. In either case, the background should be clean and neither animal should be haltered or restrained: they should be wild and free.

6. A full-body side or partial front/side view of a stallion, dog, or for that matter, any male mammal, masturbating, with a fully erect penis. In this one, I think a cum shot would be okay, especially if there's some distance to it. :) Again, clean background, unfettered animal, alert expression (so we wonder what he's looking at :), and nicely cropped so the animal is fully visible (not just a close-up). One of my favorite pictures is of a whitetail giving himself fellatio (yes, they really do that). In case you're wondering, it's in _Whitetail Country_ by John Ozaga.

7. Similarly, a full-body side or partial front/side view of almost any mammals mating. I'm sure many of us have whole collections of these. :)

Well, I think you get the idea by now.

Now, here's how it's done on abpeb; the way--IMHO--not to do it:

In the BAMA series, a woman is giving a horse fellatio. You can't see her face very well, so you don't know how she feels, you can't see the testicles, so it might be a gelding for all we know, you can't see the horse's tail (so we'd know if it's flagging, which means he came), the photos look like they were taken in someone's living room (!?), and you can't see the horse's facial expression, probably because the halter has been tied to the wall so the poor animal can't run away:

`<text accent=british>`

> "When I got it home, I discovered the only reason it had allowed the blow job in the first place was that it had been _nailed_ there."

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... with apologies to John Cleese and Monty Python.

And some of the dog sex pictures don't show either partner's facial expression. How can we be aroused when, for all we know, they both might have hated the ignominy of it all? Most of the time, it's just a woman's mouth, a short distance away from the erect penis, which she's gripping in her hand, and you can't even tell what breed the dog is or whether he's being held down by eight camera assistants so he won't bite the woman's head off. Or we see such a tight closeup of a dog's penis entering a woman's vagina that we can barely see what's going on at all and just have to take the poster's word for it that it's a dog.

I realize some of the pictures I described in the first section would be difficult to set up. Few studs, for example, will stand calmly for fellatio without being tied in some way. In fact, until you know the animal really well, a lead rope securing the halter to the wall is _de rigeur_ as far as I'm concerned.

But think of the rewards! :) I invite discussion on this issue.

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