Why do people laugh when they see two animals mating?

They do?
I don't know. Perhaps to cover the feeling of embarrassment?

 

Hit it right on the head. According to Bergson, laughter is explained by being in awkward situations and not knowing how to respond. The fact that these people see animals mate is ( although it shouldn’t) awkward for them (maybe brings up the subject of procreation, which they aren’t very comfortable with) and thus they laugh.

 

It's because most people associate it with some form of shame or another, something which animals do not have. It's been woven into our society that clothes are normal and no clothes are abnormal.

Although I must say, I've never really seen anyone laugh at two animals mating before. Aside from a Youtube video maybe.

 

I’ve seen animals mate in nature. We just stumbled upon two gazelles getting it on. Although we took pictures, no one laughed.

 

I don't laugh at all animals mating, though I do laugh when it's my dogs cause the look on their faces is funny

 

People have a strong tendency to laugh in awkward situations and out of embarrassment. I'd go with that.

 

I have no idea. Its just funny.

 

I will also laugh if I walk in on my human friends mating?

 

I laugh when cows try to mate.
It just looks so awkward it's funny.

 

I laugh. And it's not because I'm offended. It's because you look at two dogs humping in the middle of a busy street (one with traffic lights) and they're so relaxed and free of guilt that it's just funny, not to mention the irritation to the motorists who have to drive around them. I only wish I had taken a few photos when I've seen that. It's just like a dog squatting and arching to take a crap on someone's perfectly landscaped lawn, and being clueless to the fact that it could be a rich neighborhood and not the projects. The dog needs to take a shit, and that's what matters to the dog.

I think people laugh if it's in the city. I don't think they'd laugh if it was at the zoo or on a safari. At the zoo or on a safari, you would just study it and maybe take photos.

 

I once saw an elephant's cock on tv. It was horrifying.

 

Oh no. I heard that some pigs have one that's like a corkscrew. I don't know if that's true or not.

At any rate, I think we laugh because they're so uninhibited and because they look at you straight in the eye while carrying on.

 

Because they don't know any other way to react. Besides the fact that they just casually do it. They don't care. I wish we could live without caring what people think all the time.

 

I just think it looks funny. It isn't awkward to me or anything, though. Just genuinely funny to look at. That said, I've seen some gay porn where the positions in which the men were having sex in look absolutely hilarious as well, so it's not limited to just animals with me.

 

Oh my God, yes. So many awkward and unrealistic positions.
Oh, you want me to squat like a gargoyle whilst I get it up the behind from a guy who looks like he’s a squirrel humping everything he sees? Ok, sign me!

 

I guess you guys have never seen a male donkey's 'baby maker'.

You two are lucky...

 

Because reproduction isn't seen as a natural process by humans. We view it as something more than it is.