The one about washing the legs refers to a male animal.

I told him no male animal could ever be that nurturing.

It is also part of the body for many male animals.

Notably one of the few male animals on the farm.

"How do we know whether in ancient times, they only sacrificed male animals?"

He was, she decided, the perfect picture of the fully satisfied male animal.

Under such circumstances the sexual activity of male animals is also depressed.

"I haven't forgotten how little you know about the male animal."