Gay animals imply homosexualy is natural
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GAY ANIMALS
From the middle of October until next summer the Norwegian Natural History Mm of the Universy of Oslo will host the first exhibn that foc on homosexualy the animal kgdom. Homosexualy is both mon and highly sential the liv of a number of speci, " explas Petter Boeckman, who is the amic advisor for the "Agast Nature's Orr? Among some animals homosexual behavur is rare, some havg sex wh the same genr only a part of their life, while other animals, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, homosexualy is practiced throughout their liv.
HOW COMMON ARE GAY ANIMALS?
Related StoriDe rearchers fd human DNA sequence divergence after spl om mon anctor of chimpanzeRearchers intify regns of the viral envelope of simian foamy vis targeted by ntralizg antibodiExperimental vacce agast Marburg vis shows promise first--human clil trialAnimals that live a pletely homosexual life n also be found. "To turn the approach on s head: No speci has been found which homosexual behavur has not been shown to exist, wh the exceptn of speci that never have sex at all, such as sea urchs and aphis.
The problem is that rearchers have not seen for themselv that the phenomenon exists or they have been nfed when observg homosexual behavur or that they are fearful of beg ridiculed by their lleagu.
For the animals, there is documented evince of homosexual behavr of one or more of the followg kds: sex, urtship, affectn, pair bondg, or parentg, as noted rearcher and thor Bce Bagemihl's 1999 book Blogil Exuberance: Animal Homosexualy and Natural Diversy.