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hypoxyphilia

n. sexual fantasy involving arousal obtained by reduction of oxygen flow to the brain. It is a paraphilia usually involving one person alone (i.e., autoerotic asphyxia) but occasionally involving sexual partners (i.e., asphyxophilia). Methods and tools used to achieve arousal include, among others, strangulation by rope, smothering by means of a plastic bag over the head, hanging, and breathing in an anesthetic. Highly dangerous, hypoxyphilia results in numerous fatalities.

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care of young

care of young

a manifestation of parental behavior or alloparenting in animals, usually stimulated by hormonal and other physiological changes when in the presence of offspring. These include the secretion of prolactin, which induces broodiness and parental feeding of young in birds and milk production in mammals.