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WHY IT'S OK FOR BIRDS TO BE GAY

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Nearly one-fifth of all long-term greylag gee upl are gay, posed of two mal. They're not alone: More than 130 bird speci are known to engage homosexual behavr at least ocsnally, a fact that has puzzled all, evolutnary terms same-sex matg seems to rce the birds' chanc of reproductive succs. In some speci the same-sex pairs even raise young (nceived wh outsi partners, obvly) and stay together for several 2007, a team led by Geoff MacFarlane, a blogist at the Universy of Newstle Atralia, reported that male homosexual behavr was more mon polygyno bird speci, where mal mate wh numero femal, and that female homosexual behavr was more mon monogamo speci.

Srg sexTo fd out whether the theory might extend to homosexual behavr, MacFarlane and his team exhstively bed the lerature for acunts of same-sex urtship, mountg, or pair bondg. They foced on the 93 bird speci whose homosexual teractns scientists had seen the wild.

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For each speci, the team lculated the equency of homosexual behavr as well as both sex' ntributns to parentg. Overall, homosexual behavr amounted to ls than 5 percent of all sexual activy the 93 speci, though some s was much higher.

And sure enough, there was a strong rrelatn between a speci' matg system and s homosexual behavr. The balance shifted to femal socially monogamo speci, where the sex spl the work more far, female homosexualy hasn't turned up the handful of birds where each female mat wh many mal, but MacFarlane's team predicts may.

"Homosexual behavr is more likely to be mataed and not be selected agast than if you are a sex that r a lot for offsprg and only has one or few reproductive partners, " he wh plenty of reproductive prospects, a ltle homosexual behavr won't have much effect on long-term reproductive succs, MacFarlane said. "That's que different to what the tradnal argument is the lerature, where homosexual behavr is seen as a st.

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"In some s, homosexual allianc may even be adaptive, helpg dividuals fend terrori, advance their social stat, or get help wh parental re. I'm Rov, a super gay horse om Italy.

Ever wonred that homosexualy is not limed to humans?

Did you ever thk that birds n be gay too? If you thk that birds n also display homosexual behavr, you are right.

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Rearch show that birds n be homosexual urtship, sex, pair bondg, affectn, and even have been observed to have same-sex teractns. Birds of many speci have been listed as homosexual, transgenr, and gay.

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Related Read: What Are The Longt Lived Birds ( Lifpan Of Birds List, Typ, Care)Which birds speci are nsired gay? Do birds show homosexual behavr? How to know if my bird is gay?

What are the reasons behd birds beg homosexual? Can birds reproduce through homosexual engagement? Can birds that -parent be gay?

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How often n you fd a bird displayg homosexual behavr?

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Which birds speci are nsired gay? Ever sce the rearch started on the sexualy of birds and documentatn on their behavr towards their partners, several speci of birds have been listed as homosexual, gay, or of other genr inti. Homosexual behavr among birds has e to existence sce the rearch after 1990.

Here is a list of birds that shows homosexual behavr-Amerin flamgoAtralian shelduckBank swallowBeard vultureBlack swanBlue-wged tealCalf birdChickenCliff swallowDky moorhenElegant parrotEuropean jayGentoo penguGrey heronHoe sparrowIvory gullLser flamgoMk duckOstrichPigeon(domtic)Pied kgfisherRavenSeagullSnow gooseWood duckZebra fch and many more. If you have ever seen a bird engagg same-sex- sex or homosexual behavr, is not different or display homosexual behavr monly, pecially social birds. Homosexualy is nsired a pletely normal occurrence among birds.

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Birds n display all forms of homosexualy behavr om matg gam, pulatn, sex display, and genal stimulatn.

Everyone may not know the same-sex relatnships among birds, and th, owners of birds have no clue that their pet bird n be homosexual. Most of the owners do not know about homosexualy among birds bee of a lack of awarens and acceptance society.

There is no proven way to fd out or know that a certa bird is gay except observg their relatnship, whether sex, parenthood, or matg wh other sex birds. Like humans, we nnot pletely unrstand why birds are homosexual, as genr is a plex phenomenon of nature whether birds that are gay are by choice or due to certa suatns. Exposed to mercury poisong Studi and experiments suggt that birds wh creased mercury levels have more tenncy to show homosexual behavr.

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