Ever wonred that homosexualy is not limed to humans? Did you ever thk that birds n be gay too?
Contents:
- IS MY BIRD GAY? INFORMATN ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL BIRDS AND PARROTS
- WHY IT'S OK FOR BIRDS TO BE GAY
- CAN BIRDS BE GAY? DO BIRDS SHOW HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR?
IS MY BIRD GAY? INFORMATN ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL BIRDS AND PARROTS
We might thk that homosexualy do not exist birds or parrots. Sce a major drive the animal kgdom is to reproduce, and bee homosexualy do not serve this functn, we may assume that there is no place for same-sex relatnships.
In fact, many speci of birds engage homosexual behavr. There are some speci where homosexual activy occurs between eher of the sex.
Don’t believe gay birds are possible? The evince of homosexual behavr birds and other animals has been ntroversial certa nservative quarters where a moral argument agast human homosexualy is prevalent. Rearch bias related to the beliefs may be the reason that only sce the 1990s has homosexualy birds has been officially observed on a large sle.
WHY IT'S OK FOR BIRDS TO BE GAY
The fact that many bird speci are not sexually dimorphic, meang both sex look intil, has also been a factor the abily to aquately study homosexualy wild birds.
Explanatns of Bird Homosexualy. Arguments have been ma that homosexual behavr do not further the survival of the speci and therefore is unter-productive to s long-term viabily.
There have also been theori put forth that homosexual behavr ptive birds is due to the unnatural ndns which they live. Here are the rults of some studi to what factors drive birds to engage homosexualy.
CAN BIRDS BE GAY? DO BIRDS SHOW HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR?
Acrdg to, a study nducted by wildlife elogists at the Universy of Florida Gaville found that elevated levels of mercury led to an crease homosexual behavr whe ibis. His ncln is that the ls effort a bird puts to parentg, the more time has to engage homosexual activi. Rerds of 93 speci of birds that exhib homosexualy the wild were analyzed by the rearch team.
Both genrs tend to engage more homosexual activy as their role parentg dimish. This has been put forth as an explanatn for homosexual behavr that do not negatively impact the birds’ abily to reproduce. Reasons for engagg homosexual activy range om practicg urtship display, formg allianc, or rcg social tensns.
The study is nclive on the qutn of whether homosexualy serv an adaptive purpose or is simply a by-product of evolutn. In the vio below you’ll see two gay budgi that ignore a another budgie of the ooppose genr:.