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LBIAN ALBATROSS AND GAY GIRAFF? THE SCIENCE ON SAME-SEX SEXUALY ANIMALS
Metal may fluence sexual velopment whe ibis, expert birds that eat mercury-ntamated food show "surprisg" homosexual behavr, scientists have a recent experiment ptive whe ibis, many of the mal exposed to the metal chose other mal as "male-male pairs did everythg that a heterosexual pair would do, " said study lear Peter Frerick, a wildlife elogist at the Universy of Florida Gaville. "(Related: "Homosexual Activy Among Animals Stirs Debate. A fourth ntrol group ate mercury-ee the birds had reached sexual matury at around a year old, homosexual bondg creased all three groups exposed to mercury.
")The blogil mechanism for how the metal homosexual actns is not totally unrstood, Frerick add.