Gay Animals: Alternate Liftyl the Wild | Live Science

Contents:

• GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD
• GAY ANIMALS
• HOW COMMON ARE GAY ANIMALS?
• ARE ANY ANIMALS GAY? THE TTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY THE ANIMAL KGDOM

GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD

Although Darw’s theory of natural selectn predicts an evolutnary disadvantage for animals that fail to pass along their tras through reproductn wh the oppose sex, the validy of this part of his theory has been qutned wh the disveri of homosexual behavr more than 10% of prevailg speci throughout the world. ” In addn, male giraff have also been observed engagg homosexual behavr by bbg their necks agast each others’ bodi while ignorg the femal.

Th, not only do animals exhib homosexualy, but the existence of this behavr is que prevalent and may also nfer certa evolutnary advantag. “Can Animals Be Gay?, ” a lengthy discsn of the topic by Jon Mooallem, the New York Tim Magaze, March 31, 2010. However, blogists have documented homosexual behavr more than 450 speci, argug that same-sex behavr is not an unnatural choice, and may fact play a val role wh populatns.

The 2019 study is the latt a hunt for “gay gen” that began 1993, when Dean Hamer lked male homosexualy to a sectn of the X chromosome. As the ease and affordabily of genome sequencg creased, addnal gene ndidat have emerged wh potential lks to homosexual behavr.

GAY ANIMALS

So-lled genome-wi associatn studi intified a gene lled SLITRK6, which is active a bra regn lled the diencephalon that differs size between people who are homosexual or heterosexual.

Gay uncl and nts, for example, are “helpers the nt” that help raise other fay members’ children to nurture the fay tree. ” For example, certa gen women help crease their fertily, but if the gen are exprsed a male, they predispose him toward homosexualy. While there is no sgle “gay gene, ” there is overwhelmg evince of a blogil basis for sexual orientatn that is programmed to the bra before birth based on a mix of geics and prenatal ndns, none of which the fet choos.

Assumg that the quote was implyg that we humans are the only on to have homophobic dividuals, a qutn to my md: are humans really the only on? [page 28] When male Japane maqu do exhib an tert homosexual nsortships, female partners will sometim threaten or attack them and attempt to drive the mal away. Homosexualy animalsSource: ShutterstockHomosexualy Over 450 AnimalsBefore lookg at the qutn of whether the Ln, so-lled Kg of Beasts, ever engag what humans ll LGBTQIA+ practic, let’s briefly nsir the qutn more generally wh regard to var animal recent s, blogists and elogists have documented the wispread occurrence of homosexualy the animal kgdom.

HOW COMMON ARE GAY ANIMALS?

Over a thoand different animal speci have been rmally observed engagg some form of same-sex teractn, although, so far, only a few hundred have been refully studied rearch has found that homosexual behavr animals may be much more mon than prevly thought... We certaly do not learn that animals are homosexual precisely the same sense that humans are, no more than we would expect to see, say, a Bonobo ape, for stance, drkg a gay bar. LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space.

(Image cred: © Chris Johnson – earthOCEAN)Homosexualy has been documented more than 450 speci of vertebrat signalg that sexual preference is blogilly termed animals. Mal also take to homosexual play but tend to leave their partner soon after, makg what we ll the human world a one night stand.

ARE ANY ANIMALS GAY? THE TTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY THE ANIMAL KGDOM

(Image cred: © Chris Johnson – earthOCEAN)Homosexual activy occurs wh about the same equency as heterosexual play amongst the mare mammals. [See more pictur of dolphs]BisonHomosexual mountg between mal tends to be more mon than heterosexual female-male pulatn among Amerin bison, pecially bee femal only mate wh the bulls about once a year. (Image cred: Geoff Shter)Splashg around the water is brought to a pletely new level gray whal, where homosexual teractns are que mon.

Almost 40 percent of the male populatn engag a form of homosexual activy and a small percentage don't ever pulate wh femal. Not sure on the validy of the numbers (haven’t check the papers volved), but I am certa that the spe of homosexualy the animal kgdom is fairly wi and the sentiment of this statement is spot on – although nevermd also beg enlighteng and really a sad mentary on our own speci. Apart om "gay gen" humans, the ma evince that homosexualy is naturally selected is the fact that gay animals are so mon.

Even if homosexualy were a sex-lked tra (see prev post) this cince would be unexpectedly high One of the more mon sex-lked tras, red-green lor bldns occurs about 8 percent of men which is far higher than most other leter gen. Homosexualy n emerge due to perturbatns the hormonal environment of the womb for other speci also, humans clud.