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. 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). Homosexualy is wily reported many beetle speci.
THE SURPRISGLY GAY WORLD OF SECT SEX
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. 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.
11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL
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.
"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.
CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
" The team next hop to nduct experimental studi on a speci of beetle to terme how homosexual behavr affects different aspects of the animal's life, and whether the behavr is lked to any other specific typ of Lra Poppick on Twter. Rearchers believe homosexual behavr sects is accintal.
Acrdg to new rearch, sects that engage homosexual behavr are “not gay, jt nfed. As the rearchers expla, matg has some ser disadvantag, terms of energy spent as well as potential vulnerabily to predators, and homosexual behavr, such as urtg and mountg, would have the same disadvantag, such as jury, wh no evolutnary upsi as the sects would not be able to pass on their than lose out on a chance to reproduce, sects make mistak, say the rearchers.
BUGS NOT GAY, JT NFED
Homosexual behavr n be advantageo for some animals, cludg birds, as n lead to group velopment and practice, but the rearchers wanted to see if some of the theori explag sect homosexualy were accurate. The rearchers say that some of the proposed theori clu homosexual practic to thwart predators or nfe potential suors, but upon studyg 110 speci of sects and spirs, the theori were quickly led 85 percent of the sect speci engaged homosexual behavr, the rearchers disvered this practice was due to nfn. Other evince, such as matg wh related speci, helped nfirme the nclns of the sects have not evolved to be more discrimate, the behavr uld be lked to other tras, wh Scharf explag, "Homosexual behavr may be genomilly lked to beg more active, a better forager, or a better petor.
" Further rearch uld terme possible factors that would crease the possibily of homosexual behavr.
Homosexual behavr isn't jt a vertebrate thg. Toppg the list is homosexualy and whether occurs speci other than our own. ) And any media mentn of homosexual behavr animals always garners lurid headl and stimulat acrimon onle bat.