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Bestiality rates among children?

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What are they? 2600:1010:B163:6ED:9477:40C5:8D9B:D19B (talk) 09:46, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Some recent documentations show such and similar behavior is supported when children grow up in divorced and poor families. They are more vulnerable to the recruiting sects, are more prone to prostitution, self injury and are more sugar babes for suger daddies. These are the silent faces of precariousness and neglect. It is a high hurdle for journalists, in view of shame and personal rights reporting such. Before there was the time of internet and the media, such things happened frequently determined. Back then, it was possible to remain silent about it, and victims evindence were not believed and due lack of enlightenment about the human body, also when school becomes less eduational than possible. --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 10:59, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Er, the Op asked about bestiality, not other forms of sexual behaviour. I guess there most be a tiny number of "sects", prostitutes and sugar daddies who are involved in bestiality but it doesn't seem likely it's very high. (Well okay sects perhaps, but how many kids are actually targetted by cults?) Notably in many developed countries which seem to be what you're referring to, a fair few of the poor are in urban or sub-urban settings without much access to farm animals, and often don't have pets either (or easy access to other's pets, particularly not larger pets like dogs), so I'm not convinced they're likely to be involved in bestiality. I guess those who do have pets are probably more likely to have un-neutered pets than richer children, but that would seem about it. Nil Einne (talk) 17:06, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

The article Zoophilia contains the sourced information Wikipedia can give about the percentage who have sexual interaction with animals of various groups of people, not including children. AllBestFaith (talk) 20:32, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

This is the kind of question that banned user was given to asking - and he gave alleged real-life examples of his own experiences. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:52, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Zits inside the mouth

Request for Medical Advice The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

I’m getting zits inside my mouth, near the throat part, any idea why? It’s like the once you get in the face… I also do get baby once in my body, sometimes a lot…

1. What is the reason for this and what is the correct term for this problem?
2. Do we have an article that'll advice how to mitigate this problem?

Apostle (talk) 18:34, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, we don't give advice on medical matters here. If you're at all concerned, you should seek out qualified medical assistance. Rojomoke (talk) 19:37, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Sowi. -- Apostle (talk) 08:26, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

I'm still trying to figure out what you meant by "I also do get baby once in my body", but I'm not sure I want to know. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:51, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

I meant small, tiny looking ones. -- Apostle (talk) 18:33, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Oh, "ones" rather than "once". And do you mean "in" or "ON"? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:47, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting my careless mistakes I reviewed after you stated, only than I realised...I read many times before that... Love you. -- Apostle (talk) 06:52, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Russ, but I'm already spoken for. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:06, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

bug identification

Can someone please identify these bugs? (I mean arthropods, not true bugs.) I found them between my window screen and the window today in St. Louis, Missouri. There may be more than one kind in the picture, and identification of all would be nice, but I'm asking specifically about the largest ones, which all seem to be of a type.—msh210℠ 21:35, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

They are certainly beetles, and they look like Chinese Rose Beetles but that's a guess on my part. They are certainly not far away from Chinese Rose Beetles. μηδείς (talk) 21:52, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

I'm not saying Medeis is wrong, but all species of Adoretus, including Adoretus sinicus are native to Asia and Africa. A better candidate, imo, would be Macrodactylus subspinosus ("Rose Chafer"; better pictures here) which is native to the region including Missouri.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 22:13, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

We have the related cockchafers here in England; they tend to have population explosions resulting in drifts of little corpses, rather like the picture. Alansplodge (talk) 12:54, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks!—msh210℠ 14:37, 4 July 2016 (UTC)