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WHY INSECTS HAVE GAY SEX

Many speci of sects and spirs engage homosexual behavr, like urtg, mountg, and tryg to mate wh members of the same sex.

ARE BUGS GAY? SPIRS AND INSECTS ENGAGE IN ACCINTAL HOMOSEXUALY

Oliver Mart of ETH Zurich have found that homosexual behavr bugs is probably accintal most s.

In birds and mammals, homosexual behavr has been shown to have evolutnary benefs. In general there is no clear benef to homosexual behavr sects. Homosexual matg is at least as risky as the heterosexual kd, expendg sperm, wastg time that uld go toward other activi, and boostg the risk of jury, disease, and predatn.

They expect homosexual behavr to be siarly stly.

BILLNS OF SECTS ARE HAVG GAY SEX 'ACCINTALLY' SAY SCIENTISTS

And yet, some speci, up to 85 percent of mal engage homosexual behavr. Almost 80 percent of the s of homosexual behavr the rearchers appeared to be the rult of misintifitn or belated intifitn of genr. This explanatn is supported by the fact that many speci that exhib homosexual behavr also mate wh related speci or animate objects, like beer bottl—ditg a general tenncy toward misintifitn.

"Homosexual behavr may be genomilly lked to beg more active, a better forager, or a better petor, " says Dr. To nfirm their theory, the rearchers plan to study the ndns that make homosexual behavr more or ls likely bugs.

They also want to look more eply to male ristance to homosexual matg.

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