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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. 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.

CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?

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.

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.

CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?

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. 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.

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

"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. " 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.

0) toleratn of wged mal and attempts at homosexual matg wh them n be explaed by the chemil remblance of wged mal and virg queens their bouquet of cuticular hydrorbons on the body surface, which are important for munitn social sects5, 6, 7, 8.

ANT BATHS, A GAY ROAD TRIP, AND VIS LABS

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. Homosexualy is que mon the animal kgdom, pecially among herdg animals.

From the middle of October until next summer the Norwegian Natural History Mm of the Universy of Oslo will host the first exhibn that foc on homosexualy the animal kgdom. "One fundamental premise social bat has been that homosexualy is unnatural. Homosexualy is both mon and highly sential the liv of a number of speci, " explas Petter Boeckman, who is the amic advisor for the "Agast Nature's Orr?