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• HOW DO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GAY/HOMOSEXUAL ANIMALS IMPACT THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S?
• GAY ANIMALS

HOW DO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GAY/HOMOSEXUAL ANIMALS IMPACT THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S?

*Note: We tentnally do not e terms such as “heterosexual” or “homosexual” to prevent any nflatn between human sexualy and nonhuman animal sexual behavrs.

However, scientific quiry to such behavrs didn’t happen until relatively recently due to historilly pervasive, negative attus towards homosexualy humans. New work by evolutnary blogists suggts that perhaps, bld by historil homophobia, we have been askg the wrong qutn all along. In the past, was thought that female maqu engage homosexual relatnships this way only when suable mal are not prent.

In other words, rearchers assumed that homosexual behavr only happens when animals are isolated om members of the oppose sex. Intertgly enough, siar views once existed ncerng human homosexualy.

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Therefore, acrdg to experts, many female Japane maqu nnot be nsired eher preferentially homo- or heterosexual. On the other hand, bee female maqu will reproduce wh mal throughout their lifetime regardls of their tert homosexual behavr, the end the relatnships do not acce any st to lifetime reproductn. But new rearch shows that even the direct benefs are not required for the persistence of homosexual behavr animals.

By sheddg the taboo of the study of homosexualy wildlife and makg the shift om Why? It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch.

To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said. Recent rearch has found that homosexual behavr animals may be much more mon than prevly thought.