Contents:
- WHY INSECTS HAVE GAY SEX
- ARE BUGS GAY? SPIRS AND INSECTS ENGAGE IN ACCINTAL HOMOSEXUALY
- THE SURPRISGLY GAY WORLD OF SECT SEX
- 11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL
- CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
- BUGS NOT GAY, JT NFED
WHY INSECTS HAVE GAY SEX
Yet spe this, homosexualy sects – which rri all of the risks of sex whout the evolutnary benef of passg on gen – has been seen more than 100 speci. No real nsens has been reached on why sect homosexualy is so mon, wh different studi supportg or refutg particular ias even wh the same speci.
ARE BUGS GAY? SPIRS AND INSECTS ENGAGE IN ACCINTAL HOMOSEXUALY
There are dozens of ias ed to expla homosexual behavur sects, which broadly fall to two tegori. Eher they suggt sect homosexualy has evolved bee actually helps mal have more offsprg, or that is not an evolutnary adaptatn and stead occurs when mal simply don’t regnise potential mat. In the former tegory, scientists have suggted male homosexual activi may rce matg petn by distractg or jurg other mal, or tablishg social allianc wh them or domance over them.
THE SURPRISGLY GAY WORLD OF SECT SEX
On the other hand, homosexual behavur sects may provi no evolutnary advantage and stead be due to nfn ed by environmental factors (as when u fli nsume alhol rottg u).
11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL
Homosexualy is wily reported many beetle speci.
So those beetl who me om a group wh greater sexual petn were ls likely to show homosexual behavur. The implitn is that homosexual behavur sects, pecially the beetl, isn’t an evolutnary adaptatn bee, where there is the prsure of sexual petn, be ls mon over time. Instead, our rearch adds to the weight of evince suggtg sect homosexualy is the rult of poor mate-spottg abili, although we still don’t know exactly why this occurs.
Male sects generally have gay sex by mistake: they n't tell the difference between a male and female until the act is done. But a new review of homosexual sect enunters suggts the acts may not be that straightforward for the dividuals volved. Rearchers have wily examed homosexual behavr mammals and birds, but have addrsed ls equently sects and spirs.
CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
To asss the range of evolutnary explanatns for same-sex terurse the vertebrate world, a team of blogists om Tel Aviv Universy Israel and the Swiss Feral Instute of Technology Zurich, Swzerland examed roughly 100 existg studi on the topic and piled the first prehensive review of homosexualy vertebrat.
Whereas larger animals have veloped more plited homosexual motivatns — like matag allianc, which has been found certa primate and seagull speci — sects seem to mistakenly partake a hasty attempt to secure mat.
[Gay Animals: Alternate Liftyl the Wild]"They have evolved to mate quick and dirty, " said study -thor Inon Scharf, an evolutnary elogist at Tel Aviv Universy.
BUGS NOT GAY, JT NFED
"Other studi do, however, show evince of more tentnal and malic motivatns behd homosexual sect sex.
Even so, one study found that certa male sects have veloped femalelike genals to lower the risk of damage om homosexual sect sex pleasurable? On the other hand, female-female homosexualy appears to have a separate set of motivatns, and serv a whole separate analysis, Scharf said. In fact, one study found that certa female beetl mount each other to look larger and attract more male equency of homosexual behavr the sect world also remas unclear; however, more s have been observed the lab than the field.