Female ferrets can die if they go into heat and do not mate, a bizarre biological condition known as aplastic anemia caused by prolonged estrogen toxicity.

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Female ferrets can die if they go into heat and do not mate, a bizarre biological condition known as aplastic anemia caused by prolonged estrogen toxicity. If the ferret does not successfully reproduce, her estrogen levels remain extremely high, which eventually suppresses the bone marrow's ability to produce red blood cells until the animal literally dies of extreme horniness. It is perhaps the most dramatic reproductive strategy in the animal kingdom, making all human romantic desperation seem completely pathetic by comparison. Imagine your biological clock ticking so aggressively that failure to find a partner on a Saturday night results in a fatal collapse of your circulatory system. Nature really took the phrase single and ready to mingle and turned it into a high-stakes hostage situation for these adorable, slinky chaos noodles