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CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
Are there homosexual animals? Homosexual behavur has been observed at least 1, 500 different animal speci.
In fact, no speci has actually been monstrated to show no cince of homosexual behavur at all, apart om those that don't actually have sex. *Note: We tentnally do not e terms such as “heterosexual” or “homosexual” to prevent any nflatn between human sexualy and nonhuman animal sexual behavrs.
CAN ANIMALS REALLY BE GAY?
Recent rearch has found that homosexual behavr animals may be much more mon than prevly thought. 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. Currently, homosexual behavr has been documented over 450 different animal speci worldwi.
” 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. The qutn of whether animals n be gay is one that has long fascated and ed nsternatn to scientists and laypeople alike.
Neverthels, the topic of same-sex behavur animals, and how such behavurs may have e to evolve is a fascatg the terms ‘gay’ and ‘heterosexual’ shouldn't really be applied to animalsDpe s e our tle, terms like 'gay' or 'heterosexual’ may not be the bt to e when scribg sexual behavurs animals. Bee of this, animal ‘homosexualy’ has often been ignored, or else scientists have enavoured to fd var adaptive benefs to expla s of the adaptive explanatns clu var hypothised social benefs. Contrary to this le of thought, however, more recent terpretatns have qutned whether the paradox of animal ‘homosexualy’ is really a paradox at all.